Philips Magnetoresistive Sensor - page 26

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Philips Semiconductors
Magnetoresistive sensors for
magnetic field measurement General
SENSOR TEMPERATUREDRIFT
The sensitivity of MR sensors is also temperature
dependent, with sensitivity decreasing as temperature
increases(Fig.31).The effect on sensor output is certainly
notnegligible, as it can produce a difference of afactor of
three within a −25°C to +125 °C temperature range, for
fieldsup to 0.5 kA/m.This effect is not compensated for by
the flipping action described in the last section.
Fig.31 Output voltage ‘Vo’ as a fraction of the supply voltage for a KMZ10B sensor, as a function of transverse
field ‘Hy’, at several temperatures.
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