IP Library Granted Patent US 11,422,208
Granted Patent B2
US 11,422,208 · App. 16/682,585 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Magnetic sensor

Inventor: Hirotaka Uemura (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: ABLIC INC.
G01R33/07H01L43/04H01L43/065H01L43/14
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Patent No.
US 11,422,208
App. No.
16/682,585
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic sensor includes a magneto-sensitive portion ( 105 ); an excitation wiring ( 110 ) formed in a wiring region above the magneto-sensitive portion ( 105 ) through intermediation of an insulating film ( 12 ), the excitation wiring ( 110 ) including a plurality of conductor portions ( 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104 , and 1105 ) arranged in in order across at least one radial direction from a center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion ( 105 ); a current flowing through the excitation wiring ( 110 ) having a current density of which an absolute value becomes zero in a vicinity of a center of the magneto-sensitive portion ( 105 ) and continuously increases toward an outer side of the magneto-sensitive portion ( 105 ); and a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the excitation wiring ( 110 ) in a direction vertical to the surface of the magneto-sensitive portion ( 105 ).

Claims (55)

1. A magnetic sensor, comprising:

a magneto-sensitive portion; and

an excitation wiring formed in a wiring region above the magneto-sensitive portion through intermediation of an insulating film, the excitation wiring having a plurality of conductor portions arranged in order across at least one radial direction from a center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion, the center axis being normal to a surface of the magneto-sensitive portion;

a current flowing through the excitation wiring having a current density of which an absolute value becomes zero in a vicinity of a center of the magneto-sensitive portion and continuously increases toward an outer side of the magneto-sensitive portion; and

a magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the excitation wiring in a direction vertical to the surface of the magneto-sensitive portion,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of conductor portions which are adjacent to each other along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion.

2. The magnetic sensor according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the plurality of conductor portions along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion.

3. The magnetic sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring region comprises:

a first wiring region; and

a second wiring region located on an inner side of the first wiring region,

wherein the excitation wiring comprises:

a first excitation wiring formed in the first wiring region; and

a second excitation wiring and a third excitation wiring formed in the second wiring region,

wherein the plurality of conductor portions comprises:

a plurality of first conductor portions forming the first excitation wiring, the plurality of first conductor portions arranged in order across the at least one radial direction;

a plurality of second conductor portions forming the second excitation wiring, the plurality of second conductor portions arranged in order across the at least one radial direction; and

a plurality of third conductor portions forming the third excitation wiring, the plurality of third conductor portions arranged alternately with the plurality of second conductor portions across the at least one radial direction,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of first conductor portions which are adjacent to each other along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of second conductor portions which are adjacent to each other along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of third conductor portions which are adjacent to each other along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion, and

wherein the second excitation wiring and the third excitation wiring are electrically connected in parallel to the first excitation wiring.

4. The magnetic sensor according to claim 3 ,

wherein a width of each of the plurality of first conductor portions along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion,

wherein a width of each of the plurality of second conductor portions along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion, and

wherein a width of each of the plurality of third conductor portions along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion.

5. The magnetic sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring region comprises:

a first wiring region; and

a second wiring region located on an inner side of the first wiring region,

wherein the excitation wiring comprises:

a first excitation wiring formed in the first wiring region; and

a second excitation wiring formed in the second wiring region,

wherein the plurality of conductor portions comprises:

a plurality of first conductor portions forming the first excitation wiring, the plurality of first conductor portions arranged in order across the at least one radial direction; and

a plurality of second conductor portions forming the second excitation wiring, the plurality of second conductor portions arranged in order across the at least one radial direction,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of first conductor portions which are adjacent to each other along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of second conductor portions which are adjacent to each other along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion, and

wherein the first excitation wiring and the second excitation wiring are electrically isolated from each other.

6. The magnetic sensor according to claim 5 ,

wherein a width of each of the plurality of first conductor portions along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion, and

wherein a width of the plurality of second conductor portions across the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion.

7. The magnetic sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the excitation wiring comprises:

a first excitation wiring formed on the insulating film; and

a second excitation wiring formed to overlap the first excitation wiring through intermediation of an interlayer insulating film,

wherein the plurality of conductor portions comprises:

a plurality of first conductor portions forming the first excitation wiring, the plurality of first conductor portions arranged in order across the at least one radial direction; and

a plurality of second conductor portions forming the second excitation wiring, the plurality of second conductor portions arranged in order across the at least one radial direction adjacent to the plurality of first conductor portions,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of first conductor portions which are adjacent to each other in the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion, and

wherein, along the at least one radial direction, at least one second conductor portion of the plurality of second conductor portions positions between two first conductor portions of the plurality of first conductor portions.

8. The magnetic sensor according to claim 7 , wherein a width of the plurality of first conductor portions along the at least one radial direction decreases as separating away from the center axis of the magneto-sensitive portion.

9. The magnetic sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein an interval between centers of two of the plurality of conductor portions which are adjacent to each other along the at least one radial direction, is constant, and

wherein each of the plurality of conductor portions is electrically isolated from each other.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: UEMURA, HIROTAKA
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 051051/0811 →