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Patent US9645220 - Circuits and methods for self-calibrating or self-testing a magnetic field ... - Google Patentsuche
A magnetic field sensor has a reference magnetic field channel and an external magnetic field channel. The magnetic field sensor uses phase discrimination to isolate a reference-magnetic-field signal component from an external magnetic field signal component in the two channels....http://www.google.de/patents/US9645220?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9645220 - Circuits and methods for self-calibrating or self-testing a magnetic field sensor using phase discrimination
Veröffentlichungsnummer US9645220 B2
Anmeldenummer US 14/255,166
Eingetragen 17. Apr. 2014
Prioritätsdatum 17. Apr. 2014
Auch veröffentlicht unter EP3123188A1, US20150301149, WO2015161013A1
Veröffentlichungsnummer 14255166, 255166, US 9645220 B2, US 9645220B2, US-B2-9645220, US9645220 B2, US9645220B2
Erfinder Juan Manuel Cesaretti, Octavio Alpago, Alejandro G. Milesi, Franco Noel Martin Pirchio, Hernan D. Romero, Bruno Luis Uberti
Ursprünglich Bevollmächtigter Allegro Microsystems, Llc
Patentzitate (148), Nichtpatentzitate (211), Klassifizierungen (7), Juristische Ereignisse (1)
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