Philips Semiconductors
Product specification
Magnetic field sensor
KMZ51
FEATURES
PINNING
PIN
• High sensitivity
SYMBOL
DESCRIPTION
• Integrated compensation coil
• Integrated set/reset coil.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
+Iflip
VCC
flip coil
bridge supply voltage
ground
GND
+Icomp
−Icomp
−VO
APPLICATIONS
compensation coil
compensation coil
bridge output voltage
bridge output voltage
flip coil
• Navigation
• Current and earth magnetic field measurement
• Traffic detection.
+VO
−Iflip
DESCRIPTION
The KMZ51 is an extremely sensitive magnetic field
sensor, employing the magnetoresistive effect of thin-film
permalloy. The sensor contains one magnetoresistive
Wheatstone bridge and integrated compensation and
set/reset conductors. The integrated compensation
conductor allows magnetic field measurement with current
feedback loops to generate an output that is independent
of drift in sensitivity. With the integrated set/reset
conductor the orientation of sensitivity may be set or
changed (flipped). A short current pulse on this conductor
is needed to recover (set) the sensor after exposure to
strong disturbing magnetic fields. A negative current pulse
will reset the sensor to reversed sensitivity. By use of
periodically alternated flipping pulses and a lock-in
amplifier, output will become independent of sensor and
amplifier offset.
8
5
handbook, halfpage
H
ext
pin 1
index
1
4
MGD827
Fig.1 Simplified outline.
QUICK REFERENCE DATA
SYMBOL
VCC
PARAMETER
bridge supply voltage
MIN.
TYP.
MAX.
UNIT
−
5
8
V
S
sensitivity (uncompensated)
12
16
−
mV ⁄ V
----------------
kA ⁄ m
Voffset
Rbridge
Rcomp
Acomp
Rflip
offset voltage
−1.5
1
−
−
+1.5
3
mV/V
kΩ
bridge resistance
compensation coil resistance
compensation coil field factor; note 1
flip coil resistance
100
19
1
170
22
300
25
Ω
A/m/mA
Ω
3
5
Iflip (min)
tflip (min)
minimum recommended flipping current; note 2
minimum flip pulse duration; note 2
800
1
1000
3
1200
100
mA
µs
Notes
1. Compensation conductor will generate a field Hcomp = A comp I comp additional to the external field Hext
Sensor output will become zero if Hext = −H comp
.
.
2. Average power consumption in flip conductor, defined by current, pulse duration and pulse repetition rate may not
exceed the specified limit, see “Limiting values”.
1998 Mar 24
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