Patent ID: 9274183
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G01R,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A vertical Hall device comprising: a Hall effect region formed in a substrate; a sequence of at least six contacts arranged in or at a surface of the Hall effect region between and including a first contact and a last contact; a first contact interconnection connecting the first contact with a third-to-the-last contact; and a second contact interconnection connecting a third contact with the last contact, wherein the first contact, the third-to-the-last-contact, the third contact, and the last contact are configured to function as supply contacts during a first clock phase of a spinning current scheme and as sense contacts during a second clock phase of the spinning current scheme; and wherein a second contact and a next-to-the-last contact are configured to function as sense contacts during the first clock phase and as supply contacts during the second clock phase.