Dual-emitter lateral magnetometer
US5514899A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/332
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A magnetometer or magnetic field sensor includes semiconductor material deposited laterally on an insulating substrate. The semiconductor material is alternating regions of n- and p-type silicon provided with two cathodes, an anode and a triggering node. Upon application of a triggering pulse to a switch on the sensor, a carrier domain is formed. In the presence of a magnetic field this carrier domain is deflected to one side thus causing an imbalance in the current collected at the two cathodes.
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