Patent ID: 9612298
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. Method for providing a sensor signal of a magnetic field sensor, wherein the magnetic field sensor comprises at least four XMR elements connected in a full bridge circuit comprising parallel branches, wherein two diagonal XMR elements of the full bridge circuit comprise the same shape anisotropy, and wherein XMR elements in the same branch of the full bridge circuit comprise different shape anisotropies, wherein the method comprises: detecting a bridge signal of the full bridge circuit, wherein the bridge signal comprises a sequence of bridge signal values; detecting a single element signal of one of the at least four XMR sensor elements, wherein the single element signal comprises a sequence of single element signal values; and providing the bridge signal as the sensor signal if the bridge signal value is within a predefined bridge signal value range and if the single element signal value is within a predefined single element signal value range.