ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,822, issued on July 7, was assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).
"Magnetic sensor structure, device and system" was invented by Simon Houis (Bevaix, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device includes at least one integrated magnetic sensor structure having: a semiconductor substrate; a magnetic flux concentrator IMC disposed on top of the semiconductor substrate, the IMC having a predefined shape with an elongated portion extending in a first direction parallel to the substrate; a horizontal Hall element situated under a centre of the IMC; a processing circuit connected to said horizontal Hall ele...