A1171
Micropower Ultrasensitive Hall Effect Switch
Features and Benefits
▪ 1.65 to 3.5 V battery operation
▪ Low supply current
Description
The A1171 integrated circuit is an ultrasensitive, Hall effect
switch with latched digital outputs and either unipolar or
▪ High sensitivity, BOP typically 30 G (3.0 mT)
▪ Operation with either north or south pole
▪ Configurable unipolar or omnipolar magnetic sensing
▪ Complementary, push-pull outputs
▪ Chopper stabilized
omnipolar magnetic actuation. It features operation at low
supply currents and voltages, making it ideal for battery-
operated electronics. The low operating supply voltage,
1.65 to 3.5V, anduniqueclockingalgorithmassistinreducing
the average operating power consumption. For example, the
power requirement is less than 15 μW with a 2.75 V supply.
▫ Superior temperature stability
▫ Extremely low switchpoint drift
▫ Insensitive to physical stress
Unlike more traditional Hall effect switches, theA1171 allows
the user to configure how the device is magnetically actuated.
Under default conditions the device activates output switching
witheitheranorthorsouthpolaritymagneticfieldofsufficient
strength. The magnetic actuation can be set via an external
selection pin to operate in a unipolar mode, switching only on
a north or south polarity but not both. Furthermore, the output
of theA1171 can be configured to switch either off or on in the
absence of any significant magnetic field. Lastly, the A1171
has two push-pull output structures.
▪ Solid state reliability
▪ Small size
Package: 6 pin DFN/MLP (suffix EW)
This polarity-independence, as well as the minimal power
requirements,allowstheA1171toeasilyreplacereedswitches,
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Functional Block Diagram
VDD
Clock/Logic
Amp
VOUTPS
Latch
Low-Pass
Filter
VOUTPN
Latch
SELECT
GND
1171-DS