Title :
Enhancing the sensitivity of Hall microsensor by minority carrier injection
Author :
Roumenin, Ch.S. ; Nikolov, D. ; Ivanov, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Control & Syst. Res., Bulgarian Acad. of Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria
fDate :
8/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new parallel-field silicon Hall microsensor is proposed and investigated experimentally. Its magnetosensitivity is dramatically improved (without reducing the Hall coefficient) by electrically controlling the curvilinear majority current trajectory using minority carrier injection
Keywords :
Hall effect transducers; elemental semiconductors; magnetic sensors; microsensors; minority carriers; silicon; Si; minority carrier injection; parallel field device; sensitivity; silicon Hall microsensor;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001017
