Magnetic field current sensor to reduce stray magnetic fields

    公开(公告)号:US12130342B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US17806336

    申请日:2022-06-10

    IPC分类号: G01R33/09 G01R15/20

    摘要: In one aspect, a magnetic field current sensor includes an annihilation detector. The annihilation detector includes an annihilation bridge that includes magnetoresistance elements. The annihilation detector also includes a current bridge that includes at least two of the magnetoresistance elements, a first comparator configured to compare an output signal from the annihilation bridge and a second comparator configured to compare an output signal from the current bridge. An output of the annihilation detector indicates whether an annihilation exists in one or more of the magnetoresistance elements using at least one of the outputs signals of the first and second comparators.

    Dynamic offset and amplitude tracker

    公开(公告)号:US12117291B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US18342041

    申请日:2023-06-27

    发明人: Christophe Lutz

    摘要: A method for use in a sensor, comprising: generating a signal that is indicative of an angular position of a rotating target, the signal being generated by at least one magnetic field sensing element; adjusting the signal to produce an adjusted signal, the signal being adjusted based on a current value of a first adjustment coefficient and a current value of a second adjustment coefficient, the first adjustment coefficient including a gain adjustment coefficient, and the second adjustment coefficient including an offset adjustment coefficient; generating an output signal based on the adjusted signal; and updating the first adjustment coefficient, the updating including replacing the current value of the first adjustment coefficient with a new value of the first adjustment coefficient, the updating being performed by minimizing a function that is based on the current value of the first adjustment coefficient and the current value of the second adjustment coefficient.

    Magnetic sensor comprising magnetoresistive elements and system for programming such magnetic sensor

    公开(公告)号:US12102011B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17999578

    申请日:2021-05-27

    IPC分类号: H10N50/10 H10N50/80

    CPC分类号: H10N50/10 H10N50/80

    摘要: A magnetic sensor including a plurality of magnetoresistive elements; each magnetoresistive element including a ferromagnetic layer having a magnetization that is orientable at or above a threshold temperature; the magnetic sensor further includes a plasmonic structure destined to be irradiated by electromagnetic radiation and including a spatially periodic plasmonic array of metallic structures. The period of the plasmonic array and the lateral dimension of the metallic structures are adjusted to obtain plasmon resonance of the plasmonic structure for a given wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation. The plasmonic array is arranged in the magnetic sensor such as to heat the first ferromagnetic layer at or above the threshold temperature, from the enhanced absorption of the electromagnetic radiation by plasmon resonance. The present disclosure further concerns a system including the sensor and an emitting device configured to emit electromagnetic radiation.

    Methods and apparatus for sensor data consistency

    公开(公告)号:US12061937B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17846455

    申请日:2022-06-22

    IPC分类号: G06F9/52 G01D5/14

    CPC分类号: G06F9/526 G01D5/145

    摘要: A sensor system includes a signal sensing block including at least two sensing elements. Each of the at least two sensing elements is configured to generate an output that represents a first parameter associated with the sensor system. The sensor system also includes a data acquisition block configured to convert the outputs of the at least two sensing elements into digital data to be retrieved by a data retrieval block. The digital data is stored in one or more data registers of the data acquisition block. The sensor system also includes a data freeze block configured to cause the one or more data registers to refrain from updating with new data while the data retrieval block is retrieving the stored digital data.

    Current sensor for compensation of on-die temperature gradient

    公开(公告)号:US12032042B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17660254

    申请日:2022-04-22

    发明人: Noémie Belin

    摘要: A sensor including: a substrate having a first region and a second region; a first series of first magnetoresistive (MR) elements formed on the substrate, the first series of first MR elements including at least two first MR elements; and a second series of second MR elements that is coupled in parallel with the first series of first MR elements to form a bridge circuit, the second series of second MR elements being formed on the substrate, the second series of second MR elements including at least two second MR elements, each of the at least two second MR elements having a different pinning direction than each of the at least two first MR elements, wherein one of the at least two first MR elements and one of the at least two second MR elements are formed in the first region of the substrate and have different pinning directions.

    SENSORS WITH FAULT DETECTION
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240219227A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18149203

    申请日:2023-01-03

    摘要: According to some embodiments, a method for determining a fault status of a target system can include: receiving one or more magnetic field signals sensed by one or more magnetic field sensing elements of a sensor, the one or more magnetic field signals responsive to a magnetic field generated by a target object of the target system, the target object having repetitive motion; processing the one or more magnetic field signals to detect values of one or more parameters indicative of vibration of the target system; calculating deviations between the detected values and corresponding reference values of one or more parameters; determining a fault level of the target system based on the calculated deviations of one or more parameters; and generating an output signal indicating to the fault level.