ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,989, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Magnetic sensor device" was invented by Wolfgang Raberg (Sauerlach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a magnetic sensor device, including a substrate spanning a plane, a plurality of series-connected TMR resistance elements arranged on the substrate, wherein each of the TMR resistance elements has at least one magnetic tunnel contact and wherein each of the TMR resistance elements has the same reference magnetization. The series-connected TMR resistance elements are arranged and interconnected on the substrat...