Abstract: A sensor for sensing an angular orientation of a magnetic field of a magnet includes: N?2 Hall effect devices (HD1, HD2, . . . ), each having a detection direction and including a first and a second pair of connectors, wherein, in presence of the magnetic field, a flow of an electric current between the connectors of the first pair allows to pick up a Hall voltage between the connectors of the second pair induced by the magnetic field, unless a magnetic field component of the magnetic field along the detection direction is zero, wherein the N Hall effect devices are aligned such that they have a common detection direction lying along an axis; a filtering-or-resonating unit (F) comprising an input and an output, wherein a signal outputted from the output is referred to as filtered signal.

Abstract: A method for sensing an angular orientation of a magnetic field includes providing a set of N?2 Hall effect devices, each having a detection direction and including two pairs of connectors; providing at least one band pass filter having a fundamental frequency f=1/Tf; providing at least one current source for outputting an electrical current at its output; applying, during a first time period of a duration 0.5 Tf and in a specific sequence of the N Hall effect devices, to each of the N Hall effect devices a respective wiring scheme Wi+, during respective subsequent time periods of durations ti; and applying, during a second time period of a duration 0.5 Tf, subsequent to the first time period of a duration 0.5 Tf, and in the same specific sequence of the N Hall effect devices, to each of the N Hall effect devices a respective wiring scheme Wi?, during respective subsequent time periods of the same durations ti.

Abstract: The method for sensing an angular orientation of a magnetic field includes a) providing a set of N?2 Hall effect devices, each having a detection direction and comprising two pairs of connectors; b) providing at least one band pass filter having a fundamental frequency f=1/Tf; c) providing at least one current source for outputting an electrical current at its output; d1) applying, during a first time period of a duration 0.5 Tf and in a specific sequence of said N Hall effect devices, to each of said N Hall effect devices a respective wiring scheme Wi+, during respective subsequent time periods of durations ti; and d2) applying, during a second time period of a duration 0.5 Tf, subsequent to said first time period of a duration 0.5 Tf, and in the same specific sequence of said N Hall effect devices, to each of said N Hall effect devices a respective wiring scheme Wi?, during respective subsequent time periods of the same durations ti.