MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR FOR SENSING A PROXIMITY AND/OR A LOCATION OF AN OBJECT

A back-biased magnetic field sensor can have one or more vertical Hall effect elements arranged within a substrate region of a substrate, wherein magnetic fields are oriented substantially vertical to the substrate within the substrate region when a ferromagnetic object is not proximate. When the fe...

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Hauptverfasser: VIG, Ravi, DAVID, Paul, A
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A back-biased magnetic field sensor can have one or more vertical Hall effect elements arranged within a substrate region of a substrate, wherein magnetic fields are oriented substantially vertical to the substrate within the substrate region when a ferromagnetic object is not proximate. When the ferromagnetic object becomes proximate, the magnetic field sensor can sense at least the proximity, and, in some embodiments, can also localize a position of the ferromagnetic object relative to the magnetic field sensor.