CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A THRESHOLD SIGNAL USED IN A MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR BASED ON A PEAK SIGNAL ASSOCIATED WITH A PRIOR CYCLE OF A MAGNETIC FIELD SIGNAL
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May 13, 2014
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May 29, 2014
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Nov 26, 2012
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A circuit to detect a movement of an object includes a magnetic field sensing element for generating a magnetic field signal proportional to a magnetic field associated with the object and a motion detector to generate a motion signal indicative of the movement of the object. The motion detector includes a peak identifying circuit to provide a peak signal and a peak sample selection module that selects a sample associated with one or more prior cycles of a magnetic field signal to generate a selected peak signal. The motion detector further includes a threshold generator to generate a threshold signal as a function of the selected peak signal and a comparator to compare the threshold signal with the magnetic field signal to generate the motion signal. Peak samples from prior magnetic field signal cycles may be averaged for use to establish the threshold signal. A method associated with the circuit is also described.
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