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Patent US8680846 - Circuits and methods for self-calibrating or self-testing a magnetic field ... - Google Patentsuche
A magnetic field sensor includes a reference-field-sensing circuit channel that allows a calibration or a self-test of the circuitry of the magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field sensor can generate a reference magnetic field to which the magnetic field sensor is responsive....http://www.google.de/patents/US8680846?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8680846 - Circuits and methods for self-calibrating or self-testing a magnetic field sensor
Veröffentlichungsnummer US8680846 B2
Anmeldenummer US 13/095,371
Auch veröffentlicht unter EP2684064A1, EP2684064B1, US20120274314, WO2012148646A1
Veröffentlichungsnummer 095371, 13095371, US 8680846 B2, US 8680846B2, US-B2-8680846, US8680846 B2, US8680846B2
Erfinder Juan Manuel Cesaretti, Gerardo Monreal
Patentzitate (105), Nichtpatentzitate (119), Referenziert von (18), Klassifizierungen (8), Juristische Ereignisse (5)
US 8680846 B2
WO2009108422A3 23. Jan. 2009 10. Dez. 2009 Allegro Microsystems, Inc. Magnetic field sensor with automatic sensitivity adjustment
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US-Klassifikation 324/202, 702/117, 702/183, 324/260, 324/251
Unternehmensklassifikation G01R33/0017, G01R33/0035