Micronas Hall-Effect Sensors for Industrial Applications (Part 1)

Micronas HAL1820UA-A 

Value-Optimized Programmable Linear Hall-Effect Sensor

Package: TO92UA leaded

Ordering Code: HAL 1820UA-A

Interface : Analog, 3-Wire

Temp. Range: -40°C - 170°C

Magn. Range [mT]: +/-20 to +/-160

Micronas offers the world’s broadest range of Hall-effect sensors, which are increasingly being utilized in a variety of industrial applications, including factory and process automation; building, home, and office automation; medical applications; mobility and robotics controllers; agriculture and heavy machinery; garden and power tools; and household items such as washing machines, tumble dryers, induction cookers, and heating and cooling (HVAC) systems. 

The HAL 1820 is a universal magnetic field sensor produced in a proven submicron CMOS technology with a linear analog output based on the Hall effect. It features a temperature-compensated Hall plate with choppered offset compensation, an A/D converter, digital signal processing, an analog output, an EEPROM memory with redundancy and lock function for the calibration data and the data register information, a serial interface for programming the EEPROM, and protection devices on all pins. The IC can be used for angle and linear measurements if combined with a rotating or moving magnet. Major characteristics like magnetic field range, sensitivity, offset (output voltage at zero magnetic field), and the temperature coefficients are programmable in a non-volatile memory. No additional programming pin is needed. Internal digital signal processing means analog offsets, temperature shifts, and mechanical stress will not degrade the sensor’s accuracy. The sensor operates in a wide junction temperature range from –40 °C up to 170 °C, making it ideal for many industrial applications.

Major Applications

Due to the sensor’s versatile programming characteristics and its high accuracy, the HAL 1820 is the optimal system solution for applications such as:

• Contactless potentiometers
• Rotary position measurement
• Linear movement
• Current measurements
• Level measurements
• Linear position measurements
• Angle sensors
• Distance measurements
• Magnetic field measurement

Features

• Linear Hall-effect sensor with ratiometric analog linear output proportional to the magnetic field
• Various programmable magnetic characteristics with non-volatile memory
• Digital signal processing
• Continuous measurement ranges from +/- 20 mT to +/- 160 mT
• Temperature characteristics programmable for matching all common magnetic materials
• Programming via supply voltage modulation
• Lock function and built-in redundancy for EEPROM memory
• On-chip temperature compensation
• Active offset compensation
• Temperature and stress-stable quiescent output voltage
• Operates from –40 °C up to 170 °C junction temperature
• Operates from 4.5 V up to 5.5 V supply voltage
• Operates with static magnetic fields and dynamic magnetic fields up to 2.5 kHz
• Overvoltage and reverse-voltage protection on VDD pin
• Magnetic characteristics extremely robust against mechanical stress
• Short-circuit protected push-pull output
• EMC and ESD optimized design
• Customer readable Micronas production information (lot number, wafer number, etc.)

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