ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH RING-CONNECTED HALL EFFECT REGIONS

摘要

An electronic device includes a number of n Hall effect regions with n>1, wherein the n Hall effect regions are isolated from each other. The electronic device also includes at least eight contacts in or on surfaces of the n Hall effect regions, wherein the contacts include: a first and a second contact of each Hall effect region. A first contact of the (k+1)-th Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the k-th Hall effect region for k=1 to n−1, and the first contact of the first Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the n-th Hall effect region. The at least eight contacts include at least two supply contacts and at least two sense contacts. Each Hall effect region includes at most one of the at least two supply contacts and at most one of the at least two sense contacts.

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
a number of n Hall effect regions, with n>1, wherein the n Hall effect regions are isolated from each other; wherein the electronic device comprises at least eight contacts in or on surfaces of the n Hall effect regions, wherein the contacts comprise a first and a second contact of each Hall effect region; wherein a first contact of the (k+1)-th Hall effect region is connected to a second contact of the k-th Hall effect region for k=1 to n−1, and a first contact of the first Hall effect region is connected to a second contact of the n-th Hall effect region; wherein the at least eight contacts comprise at least two supply contacts and at least two sense contacts; wherein each Hall effect region comprises at most one of the at least two supply contacts; and wherein each Hall effect region comprises at most one of the at least two sense contacts, wherein half a spacing between adjacent contacts of the Hall effect regions is less than a depth of the Hall effect regions.