Patents by Inventor Roiy Raz

Roiy Raz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Magnetic field sensor and method for determining and correcting an offset voltage of a magnetic field sensor
    Patent number: 9689931
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor having a Hall sensor with a first terminal contact and with a second terminal contact and with a third terminal contact and with a fourth terminal contact and with a fifth terminal contact, whereby a first switch with a control input is provided between the first terminal contact and the fifth terminal contact, and the first switch connects or disconnects the first terminal contact to/from the fifth terminal contact, and a control unit is provided and the control unit is connected to the control input of the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: TDK-Micronas GmbH, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Timo Kaufmann, Patrick Ruther, Roiy Raz, Oliver Paul
  • Hall sensor having serially connected hall elements
    Patent number: 9097753
    Abstract: A Hall sensor is provided having a first Hall element with a first terminal contact and with a second terminal contact and with a third terminal contact, a second Hall element with a fourth terminal contact and with a fifth terminal contact and with a sixth terminal contact, a third Hall element with a seventh terminal contact and with an eighth terminal contact and with a ninth terminal contact, and a fourth Hall element with a tenth terminal contact and with an eleventh terminal contact and with a twelfth terminal contact. The first Hall element and the second Hall element and the third Hall element and the fourth Hall element are connectable in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: Micronas GmbH, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
    Inventors: Roiy Raz, Patrick Ruther, Timo Kaufmann, Oliver Paul
  • MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND CORRECTING AN OFFSET VOLTAGE OF A MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR
    Publication number: 20130015847
    Abstract: A magnetic field sensor having a Hall sensor with a first terminal contact and with a second terminal contact and with a third terminal contact and with a fourth terminal contact and with a fifth terminal contact, whereby a first switch with a control input is provided between the first terminal contact and the fifth terminal contact, and the first switch connects or disconnects the first terminal contact to/from the fifth terminal contact, and a control unit is provided and the control unit is connected to the control input of the first switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Timo Kaufmann, Patrick Ruther, Roiy Raz, Oliver Paul
  • HALL SENSOR
    Publication number: 20130015853
    Abstract: A Hall sensor is provided having a first Hall element with a first terminal contact and with a second terminal contact and with a third terminal contact, a second Hall element with a fourth terminal contact and with a fifth terminal contact and with a sixth terminal contact, a third Hall element with a seventh terminal contact and with an eighth terminal contact and with a ninth terminal contact, and a fourth Hall element with a tenth terminal contact and with an eleventh terminal contact and with a twelfth terminal contact. The first Hall element and the second Hall element and the third Hall element and the fourth Hall element are connectable in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Roiy Raz, Patrick Ruther, Timo Kaufmann, Oliver Paul