ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,691, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).
"Magnetic sensor device" was invented by Yves Bidaux (Bevaix, Switzerland) and Lionel Tombez (Bevaix, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated sensor device includes: a semiconductor substrate comprising a horizontal Hall element, and an integrated magnetic flux concentrator located substantially above said horizontal Hall element, wherein the first magnetic flux concentrator has a shape with a geometric center which is aligned with a geometric centre of the horizontal Hall element; and wherein the shape has a height H and a trans...