Method and device for sensing isotropic stress and providing a compensation for the piezo-hall effect

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14399623

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A method determines isotropic stress by means of a Hall element which includes a plate-shaped area made of a doped semiconductor material and comprises four contacts contacting the plate-shaped area and forming corners of a quadrangle, two neighboring corners of the quadrangle defining an edge thereof. At least one van der Pauw transresistance value in at least one van der Pauw measurement set-up of the Hall element is determined, wherein the four contacts of the Hall element form contact pairs, a contact pair comprising two contacts defining neighboring corners of the quadrangle. One contact pair supplies a current and the other contact pair measures a voltage. A relationship between the supplied current and the measured voltage defines the Van der Pauw transresistance value. The method comprises determining a stress signal which depends on the at least one Van der Pauw transresistance value and determining isotropic stress.

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MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES NVTRANSPORTSTRAAT 1 POORT WEST-LIMBURG 1371-1372 TESSENDERLO 3980

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Huber, Samuel Jenaz, CH 13 155
Raman, Johan Knesselare, BE 18 103
Rombouts, Pieter Mariakerke, BE 19 104
Van, Der Wiel Appolonius Jacobus Duisburg, BE 33 128

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