Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hall sensor devices and methods for operating the same
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Application No.: US15664297Application Date: 2017-07-31
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Publication No.: US10578680B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Udo Ausserlechner
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE
- Agency: Design IP
- Priority: DE102016114174 20160801
- Main IPC: G01R33/00
- IPC: G01R33/00 ; G01R33/07

Abstract:
A Hall sensor device includes a Hall effect region of a first conductivity type, electrical contact regions configured to provide electrical signals to/from the Hall effect region, and circuitry. Each electrical contact region is formed in a respective well of a second conductivity type that adjoins the Hall effect region. Circuitry includes control terminals, wherein each control terminal is configured to control a conductance in an associated well of the second conductivity type. The circuitry is configured to selectively apply control signals to a first subset of the control terminals to form channels conducting majority carriers of the first conductivity type in the associated wells during a first operating phase, and to selectively apply control signals to a second subset of the control terminals to form channels conducting majority carriers of the first conductivity type in the associated wells during a second operating phase.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180031644A1 HALL SENSOR DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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