Hall-effect device with current and hall-voltage connections
First Claim
1. A Hall effect device with at least one Hall element exhibiting a Hall voltage when subjected to a magnetic field having at least one component oriented vertically to the Hall element, said Hall element having a planar or platelike shape and being provided with current connections and Hall voltage connections, and at least one hole bounded by an inner edge in the plane perpendicular to the vertical magnetic field component with one of said connections arranged at said inner edge.
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Abstract
A Hall effect device has a thin Hall element (10) having at least one hole or window and is bounded accordingly by at least one inner edge (10a, 10b) and, where required, also by an outer edge. One preferred embodiment having no current-induced misalignment voltages has a first pair of current connections (A,B) at two opposed locations on the outer edge (10a); a second pair of current connections (1,2) at two opposed locations on the inner edge (10b); at least one first pair of Hall voltage connections (C,E) at two opposed locations on the outer edge (10a) between the current connections (A,B) of the first pair; and/or at least one second pair of Hall voltage connections (3,5) at two opposed locations on the inner edge (10b) between the current connections (1,2) of the second pair. The currents (IA,B, I1,2) applied to the current connections may be dimensioned so that no misalignment voltages caused by internal voltage drops result at the Hall voltage connections.
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- 1. A Hall effect device with at least one Hall element exhibiting a Hall voltage when subjected to a magnetic field having at least one component oriented vertically to the Hall element, said Hall element having a planar or platelike shape and being provided with current connections and Hall voltage connections, and at least one hole bounded by an inner edge in the plane perpendicular to the vertical magnetic field component with one of said connections arranged at said inner edge.
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