Allegro Announces New Family Of Low Noise, Programmable Linear Hall-Effect Sensor
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. announced a new family of linear Hall-effect sensors that are fully programmable with low noise and a very high bandwidth. The A1360/1/2 devices are well suited for use in high frequency, current sensing applications due to the extremely low noise (as low as 8mV (p-p)), flat temperature coefficient (0%/°C) and high bandwidth capability (typically 50 kHz). These devices also boast Allegro’s first 1mm thin, 4-lead SIP (KT-package), which is said to allow for extremely small gaps in various concentrator and C-core systems to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and sensitivity.
The accuracy of these devices is enhanced through the programmability on the output pin of the device. A capacitor to ground on the Filter Pin of the A136x can be used to tune the device bandwidth in a range from 50kHz to less than 100Hz. These ratiometric Hall-effect sensors provide a voltage output that is proportional to the applied magnetic field. The quiescent output voltage is user adjustable to 50% (bidirectional) or 10% (unidirectional) of the supply voltage (VCC). Each device is said to have a guaranteed, programmable, sensitivity range: 0.7 to 1.4 mV/G (A1360), 1.5 to 4.5mV/G (A1361) and 4.5 to 16 mV/G (A1362).
The features of this linear Hall-effect family make these sensors suitable for high accuracy requirements in automotive and industrial current sensing applications. Device specifications are guaranteed over an extended temperature range, -40 to 150°C.
Allegro’s A1360/61/62 devices are supplied in a thin 4-lead SIP (KT) package. They are priced at $1.28 in quantities of 1,000 and have a 14-16 week typical lead-time to market.
