Implementation of the Hall microsystem with continuous calibration

Abstract

A prototype of the Hall microsystem presented in chapter 5 (figure 126) [91][92] has been realized in a conventional 0.8 μm 5V CMOS technology. It has voluntarily been designed for test and validation purposes [96]. To this end, the circuit allows maximum test and configuration possibilities, and on some design parameters the flexibility is favoured at the cost of pure performance. The circuit is also kept as modular and simple as possible to allow easy identification of problems and limitations.