• DocumentCode
    1934039
  • Title

    The nonlinearity of magnetic sensors

  • Author

    Caruntu, G. ; Dragomirescu, Ovidiu

  • Author_Institution
    Maritime Univ. of Constantza, Romania
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    37165
  • Firstpage
    375
  • Abstract
    This paper defines and analyses the material and geometrical nonlinearities and the nonlinearity due to the junction field effect for magnetic sensors realised on Hall semiconductor plates. Using numerical simulation it emphasises the way in which the scattering mechanism, the geometry and material properties influence the devices´ nonlinearity
  • Keywords
    Hall effect devices; carrier density; electric sensing devices; magnetic sensors; Hall semiconductor plates; geometrical nonlinearities; geometry; junction field effect; magnetic sensors; material nonlinearities; numerical simulation; scattering mechanism; Acoustic materials; Acoustic scattering; Gallium arsenide; Impurities; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Magnetic sensors; Semiconductor materials; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Conference, 2001. CAS 2001 Proceedings. International
  • Conference_Location
    Sinaia
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6666-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SMICND.2001.967487
  • Filename
    967487