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7409878 Torqueshaft magnetic field measurement systems for gas turbine engines  
A torqueshaft magnetic field measurement system includes a ceramic package enclosing a magnetoresistive sensor for converting a sensed magnetic field into a differential output voltage, an...
7411391 Magnetic-field-measuring probe  
A magnetic-field-measuring probe includes at least one magnetoresistive or magnetoinductive sensor which is sensitive to the magnetic field along a privileged measurement axis. The probe includes:...
7408343 Position detection utilizing an array of magnetic sensors with irregular spacing between sensing elements  
A magnetoresistive sensor system includes a plurality of chip carriers, such that each integrated circuit among the plurality of chip carriers is associated with a respective magnetoresistive...
7408342 Device for measuring a component of current based on magnetic fields  
A magnetic-field-measuring probe includes at least two magnetoresistive sensors which are sensitive to respective magnetic fields along a determined measurement axis. The at least two...
7408344 Magnetic sensor  
A magnetic sensor includes a sensing chip having a magnetoresistive element for sensing a magnetic vector and a magnet for biasing the magnetic vector sensed by the magnetoresistive element. The...
7405560 GMR angle sensor for vehicles  
A GMR angle sensor for vehicles includes a GMR element in which the element resistance is changed in response to an external magnetic field, lead conductors connected to either end of the GMR...
7405556 Magnetic Encoder System wherein a first substrate is provided with a second substrate which rotatably engages the magnetic medium  
A magnetic encoder system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic sensor mounted on a first substrate above a magnetic medium, the magnetic medium carrying at least one magnetic track, the...
7405908 Magnetic head with improved free magnetic layer biasing for thinner CPP sensor stack  
In a CPP magnetic head a free magnetic layer and a magnetic biasing layer are disposed within a central layer stack. To pin the magnetization of the bias layer, an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer is...
7402829 Structured silicon anode  
A silicon/lithium battery can be fabricated from a silicon substrate. This allows the battery to be produced as an integrated unit on a chip. The battery includes a silicon anode formed from...
7402998 Magnetic detection device including circuit capable of switching over output mode of N pole and S pole between non-separated one output and separated two outputs  
A magnetic detection device includes a mode switching section capable of switching over a 1-output mode in which a (+) magnetic-field detected signal and a (−) magnetic-field detected signal are...
7400138 Continuously detecting the position of a moving element in a transmission ratio changer system  
A device for detecting the linear and angular positions of a moving element such as a gearchange finger in a motor vehicle gearbox, the moving element carrying at least one permanent magnet that is...
7400137 Magnetic encoder having a stable output property with unsaturated magnetic sensor  
The present invention provides a magnetic sensor suitable for high resolution and having high reliability by achieving stable output even at the occurrence of variations in a gap between a magnetic...
7400143 Magnetic bias film and magnetic sensor using the same  
A magnetic bias film 9 includes a magnetic bias magnet 11 that has magnetic layers and generates a magnetic field within a plane perpendicular to a lamination direction of the magnetic layers,...
7397236 Magnetic detector  
The invention provides a magnetic detector that exerts no influence on detection accuracy of a magnetic movable body, being a detected body, even if relative positions of magnetic resistance...
7397238 Methods and apparatus for inspecting materials  
Apparatus and methods for inspecting materials such as cylindrical and tubular members are disclosed. One apparatus includes a frame that supports a magnetic coil and a detector assembly, the...
7394248 Method and structure to reset multi-element MTJ  
The process margin for the manufacture of devices formed from multi-element MTJ or GMR devices has been widened by providing a method and structure to reset the magnetization directions of all...
7394247 Magnetic field angle sensor with GMR or MTJ elements  
The invention discloses a sensor for 360-degree magnetic field angle measurement. It comprises multiple GMR (or MTJ) stripes with identical geometries except for their orientations. These are used...
7394086 Magnetic sensor and manufacturing method therefor  
A magnetic sensor comprises a substrate, magnetoresistive element of a spin-valve type, a bias magnetic layer (or a permanent magnet film), and a protective film, wherein the bias magnetic layer is...
7391204 Sensor signal conditioning circuit  
A sensor signal conditioning circuit and sensor system incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the signal conditioning circuit includes a DC-coupled detector that converts a sensor signal into a...
7388372 Electrical system with magnetoresistive sensors  
An electrical system includes a first monolithic circuit. The first monolithic circuit may include a first magnetoresistive sensor operable to sense magnetic flux and produce an output signal...
7385394 Integrated magnetic sensor component  
A sensor component used to measure a magnetic field strength is disclosed. In one embodiment, the sensor component contains a plurality of leads and a sensor semiconductor chip, which measures the...
7382122 Magnetic sensor  
A magnetic sensor includes a pair of serially-connected magneto-resistive elements ( 1 a , 1 b ), one of which serves as a sensing portion ( 6 ) made to face a magnetic detecting medium (S), and...
7382584 Method to increase CCP-CPP GMR output by thermoelectric cooling  
The problem of increasing the output signal from a CCP-CPP GMR device without having it overheat has been overcome by placing materials that have different thermoelectric potentials on opposing...
7375516 Magnetic field detector, current detector, position detector and rotation detector employing it  
A magnetic field detector having a reference magnetoresistive element and a magnetic field detecting magnetoresistive element. The reference magnetoresistive element and the magnetic field...
7367109 Method of fabricating magnetic sensors with pinned layers with zero net magnetic moment  
A method for achieving a nearly zero net magnetic moment of pinned layers in GMR sensors, such as Co—Fe/Ru/Co—Fe, is described. The method determines a thickness of the first pinned layer which...
7362098 Magnetic field sensor  
Two coil forming elements ( 12, 14 ) formed of conductor layers and a contact means ( 19 ), which is formed in an interlayer dielectric film ( 13 ) interposed between the conductor layers and...
7358723 Magnetoresistive sensor  
What is described is a magnetoresistive sensor for operation with a magnetized encoder, which is equipped with a zone with magnetic north and south poles arranged alternately along a direction of...
7358722 Integrated three-dimensional magnetic sensing device and method to fabricate an integrated three-dimensional magnetic sensing device  
An integrated three-dimensional magnetic or any field sensing device and a method to fabricate an integrated three-dimensional magnetic sensing device is presented. An integrated three-dimensional...
7355822 Superparamagnetic field sensing device  
A ferromagnetic thin-film based magnetic field sensor having an electrically insulative intermediate layer with two major surfaces on opposite sides thereof with an initial film of an anisotropic...
7352178 Nanostructured magnetoresistive network and corresponding method for detection of magnetic field  
Described herein is a magnetoresistive network responsive to a magnetic field of the type comprising a plurality of magnetoresistive elements. According to the invention, the one or more...
7345477 Magnetic detection device including resistance adjusting unit  
In a magnetic detection device for obtaining an output from between a variable resistance element using the magnetoresistance effect and a reference resistance element, a balance between resistance...
7342396 Device for sensing a magnetic field  
The device for sensing a magnetic field comprises a closed superconducting pick-up loop ( 1 ) having a path width (d) etched out of a single layer superconducting thin film and provided with a...
7336070 Bridge circuited magnetic sensor having magneto-resistive element and fixed resistor with the same layer configuration  
The application provides a magnetic sensor which can suppress an irregularity of a central potential due to a change in a temperature, decrease size of the sensor, and lower the manufacturing cost...
7330339 Structure providing enhanced self-pinning for CPP GMR and tunnel valve heads  
A magnetic head having improved self-pinning. The head includes a sensor having an antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure, where the AP pinned layer structure includes at least two pinned layers...
7323870 Magnetoresistive sensor element and method of assembling magnetic field sensor elements with on-wafer functional test  
A method of performing an on-wafer function testis provided for multiple magnetic field sensor elements on a wafer. Each sensor element includes a magnetic-field-sensitive structure and a current...
7319318 Magnetic sensor  
A magnetic sensor that prevents offset voltage from changing as time elapses. The magnetic sensor detects change in the direction of the magnetic field when the electric resistances of magnetic...
7319322 Deformation sensor and method for detecting a deformation  
A sensor has a substrate having a mechanically deformable region, a magnetostrictive spin-valve sensor element being arranged to detect a mechanical deformation of the mechanically deformable...
7312609 GMR sensor element and its use  
A GMR sensor element is proposed, having a rotationally symmetrical positioning of especially eight GMR resistor elements which are connected to each other to form two Wheatstone's full bridges....
7309888 Spin based electronic device  
A thin film sensing device operates based on a spin polarized current. The spin device includes ferromagnetic layers characterized by different coercivities and/or magnetization states, and one or...
7304474 Eddy current inspection device with arrays of magnetoresistive sensors  
There is provided an inspection device for the detection of flaws in a component. The inspection device comprises a magnetic field generator, a first array of magnetoresistive sensors and a second...
7301329 Sensor holder and method for the production thereof  
A sensor holder for mounting a sensor component is disclosed. In one aspect, the sensor holder comprises an elongate holding device, at the first axial end of which the sensor component is mounted...
7301331 Magnetic sensor device having components mounted on magnet  
A magnetic sensor device is used for detecting, e.g., a rotational speed of a rotor made of a magnetic material by sensing changes in a magnetic field. The magnetic sensor device is composed of a...
7295941 Method for correcting a characteristic curve derived from a magnetoresistive sensor signal  
A method for correcting a characteristic curve having values corresponding to displacement between a magnetic sensor element and a magnetic ruler of a sensor within a displacement range includes...
7288934 Electronic device incorporating magnetoresistive elements for sensing both N and S magnetic poles  
An electronic device has a display housing (second body), an operation housing (first body), and a connection member connecting the display housing to the operation housing. A magnet is provided...
7279891 Permalloy bridge with selectable wafer-anistropy using multiple layers  
A magnetic sensing method and apparatus include a plurality of bridge circuits, wherein each bridge circuit or element within a bridge is formed on a separate permalloy layer comprising a plurality...
7276901 Method for shunt detection in sensors  
For monitoring a sensor using differential voltage evaluation for detecting a short circuit to ground and/or to supply voltage U B , a first resistor and a second resistor R 1 , R 2 are assigned...
7271587 High resolution and low power magnetometer using magnetoresistive sensors  
A magnetometer is disclosed that enables high resolution magnetometry using magnetoresistive sensors that consume less power. The magnetometer exploits the ability of the sensor to alter or...
7268544 Magnetism detecting device for canceling offset voltage  
A magnetism detecting device includes a magnetometric sensor, a bias magnetic field generating unit, a voltage applying unit, a detecting unit, and an operating unit. The detecting unit calculates...
7268543 Device for detecting magnetic fields and related detecting methods  
A device for detecting magnetic fields, of the type comprising at least one element made of hard 5 magnetic material ( 12 ) and an element made of soft magnetic material ( 13 ) associated an...
7250760 Magnetic sensor  
The magnetic sensor is fabricated such that a magnetic sensor chip, having a one-chip structure in which MRE bridges and a comparator are included, is mounted onto a lead frame using an adhesive...