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TMR Angle Sensors 
It’s not a typo. It’s TMR, not GMR. AAT001-10E angle sensors are NVE’s first commercial sensor to use Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR), which produces an even more “giant” signal than Giant Magnetoresistance.
The new device has four TMR elements configured as an angle sensor with full quadrature sine and cosine outputs. The part is packaged in a 2.5 mm x 2.5 mm x 0.8 mm TDFN6 surface mount package.
What Is Tunneling Magnetoresistance?
Also known as Spin-Dependent Tunneling (SDT), Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ), or Tunneling Magnetic
Junction (TMJ), Tunneling Magnetoresistance is a spintronic quantum effect that produces a dramatic
resistance change in a normally insulating layer, depending on
the magnetic field and thus the predominant electron spin in a free layer.
Why Are They Better?
TMR produces a very large signal with no amplification for exceptional precision, wide airgap tolerance, and low power consumption due to high element resistance. The AAT001-10E is ideal for:
• Rotary Encoders
• Automotive Rotary Sensors
• Motor Shaft Position Sensors
• Knob Position Sensors
How Do I Use Them?
Typically an external magnet provides a saturating magnetic field (30 to 200 Oe) in the plane of the sensor, as illustrated below for a bar magnet and a split-pole magnet:
The following chart shows the sensor’s large signal and wide airgap tolerance. This typical sensor output versus the angle of applied field used a 12 mm diameter, 4 mm thick split-pole ferrite magnet, a 5 V supply, and three different airgaps:
AAT001 Output with Variations in Airgap; 5V Supply
Where Do I Get Them?
AAT001-10E TMR Angle Sensors and recommended split-pole magnets are in stock for immediate delivery, with no minimum order.
<Download AAT001-10E Datasheet>
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Isolated USB Interface
By Sandy Templeton
Director, Isolator Product Development and Applications
Isolated USB Using IL710s
In this illustrative circuit, power is supplied by USB bus power on one side of the isolation
barrier and the USB node’s external supply on the other side of the barrier.
The isolators provide
2.5 kVrms isolation (1 minute) and 30 kV/µs typical common-mode transient immunity.
IL700-Series
Isolators are specified at just 3 ns worst-case pulse width distortion. IL500 isolators can be used if pulse width distortion is not as critical.
Both IL500 and IL700-Series
Isolators are available in 8-pin PDIP, SOIC, or unique MSOP packages.
IsoLoop Isolators are also ideal for isolating other serial interfaces including CAN Bus, I²C, and I²S.
The NVE Website has a number of other isolator illustrative applications. New applications are always being added.
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AAV003-10E Current Sensor
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Introduced in January, NVE’s new current sensors can not only detect current, they can detect whether objects are current. Just connect it to the object and use the complementary “CURRENT” and “NOT CURRENT” digital outputs.
In a real-world field test at NVE, the new sensor detected a bowl of tuna salad well past its prime and an old bottle of orange juice in company refrigerators. Definitely NOT CURRENT.
Also sensed as NOT CURRENT in NVE’s testing were a Thomas Register set; USA Today; a Ford Crown Victoria; a Peter, Paul, & Mary 8-track tape; and optocouplers.
Everyone who had read this newsletter was found to be CURRENT.
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