Sensor Application Notes
| • | SM-Series Programmable GMR/TMR Switches and DB00x Power Switching ICs (.pdf) |
| Ultraminiature, ultraprecise TMR switch for IO-link nodes. | |
| • | Package and Pad Layout Specifications (.pdf) |
| Package outline drawings and recommended pad layouts for NVE’s DFN, MSOP, SOIC, PDIP, and QSOP packages. | |
| • | Wafer-Level Chip-Scale Package Sensors (.pdf) |
| Details on NVE’s ultraminiature WLCSPs, including technical details, drawings, and recommended pad layouts. | |
| • | Current Measurement Using GMR Sensors (.pdf) |
| How to use AA or AAH-Series GMR sensors for non-contact current measurement. | |
| • | High-Current Sensing PCB Design (.pdf) |
| Optimizing PCB design for non-contact high-current sensing, including calculating trace temperature rise and producing a magnetic field in the sensor’s operating range. | |
| • | ABL-Series Gear Tooth Sensors (.pdf) |
| Best practices and design support for NVE GT sensors. | |
| • | Magnetic Encoders with NVE Sensors (.pdf) |
| NVE sensors are ideal for encoders with high accuracy and robust airgap tolerance. Compared to traditional optical encoders, magnetic encoders are insensitive to dust, shock, and airgap variations. | |
| • | Off-Axis Angle Sensing (.pdf) |
| How to use NVE Angle Sensors for high-accuracy off-axis angle sensing. | |
| • | Noise in TMR Magnetometers (.pdf) |
| NVE’s world class Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) magnetometers have
the important competitive advantage of low noise. The ALT025 TMR Magnetometer resolution is 12.5 ppm, which is the equivalent of better than 16-bit resolution. |
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| • | 2-Wire Sensor Interfaces (.pdf) |
| How to design two-wire proximity sensor interfaces, including two reference circuits and test data. | |
| • | Duty Cycling and Multiplexing Magnetic Field Sensors (.pdf) |
| NVE magnetic field sensors are uniquely suited to duty cycling and multiplexing. Multiplexing sensors reduces I/O and power requirements. | |
| • | More sensor application notes from the Sensor Catalog (.pdf) |
| - Competitive Technologies | |
| - GMR Material Physics | |
| - GMR Material Types Manufactured by NVE | |
| - Temperature Characteristics of GMR Sensors | |
| - Hysteresis in GMR Sensors | |
| - GMR Magnetic Field Sensors (Magnetometers) | |
| - GMR Magnetic Gradient Sensors (Gradiometers) | |
| - Magnetic Reference Information | |
| - Signal Conditioning Circuits | |
| - Noise in NVE Giant Magnetoresistive Sensors | |
| - Use of GMR Magnetic Field Sensors | |
| - Application Notes for GT Sensors | |
| - Measuring Displacement | |
| - Current Measurement | |
| - Magnetic Media Detection | |
| - Currency Detection and Validation | |