Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors
The GaN Hall sensors are the latest advancements in non-intrusive active monitoring, designed to be integrated on GaN power transistors to enable in-situ condition monitoring, hence boosting device reliability and life. This paper describes step-by-step the basic procedures required for the fabricat...
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description | The GaN Hall sensors are the latest advancements in non-intrusive active monitoring, designed to be integrated on GaN power transistors to enable in-situ condition monitoring, hence boosting device reliability and life. This paper describes step-by-step the basic procedures required for the fabrication of a three-terminal Hall-effect sensor on GaN, challenges and a robust testing method that can deliver consistent results when testing under diverse laboratory external hazards. This work is presenting the first three-terminal current sensing GaN Hall sensor reported in literature, which have been tested at room temperature under various magnetic field intensities and polarities in order to determine its sensitivity. Since even when properly using the most suitable scientific equipment, errors may occur from insufficient information regarding the relative angle between the magnetic field and the active area of the sensor or, data records affected by imperceptible equipment vibrations, this work provides a practical solution on how to detect and mitigate these shortcomings: magnetic quasi-static sources alternatives are discussed and transient recordings of different intensities and polarities of the magnetic field are separated and interpreted similar with the spectrometry diagrams. This comprehensive presented study delivers a consistent testing framework for the new emerging generation of magnetic sensors. |
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spelling | doaj-art-6afb521e2ea046bb98c1efbb149ffd912025-02-12T00:02:10ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113256222563610.1109/ACCESS.2025.353943510876122Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic SensorsVlad Marsic0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6018-146XSoroush Faramehr1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-8216Isha Maini2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-8306David A. J. Moran3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4085-7650Petar Igic4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8150-8815Centre for E-Mobility and Clean Growth (CECG), Coventry University, Coventry, U.K.Centre for E-Mobility and Clean Growth (CECG), Coventry University, Coventry, U.K.School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K.School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K.Centre for E-Mobility and Clean Growth (CECG), Coventry University, Coventry, U.K.The GaN Hall sensors are the latest advancements in non-intrusive active monitoring, designed to be integrated on GaN power transistors to enable in-situ condition monitoring, hence boosting device reliability and life. This paper describes step-by-step the basic procedures required for the fabrication of a three-terminal Hall-effect sensor on GaN, challenges and a robust testing method that can deliver consistent results when testing under diverse laboratory external hazards. This work is presenting the first three-terminal current sensing GaN Hall sensor reported in literature, which have been tested at room temperature under various magnetic field intensities and polarities in order to determine its sensitivity. Since even when properly using the most suitable scientific equipment, errors may occur from insufficient information regarding the relative angle between the magnetic field and the active area of the sensor or, data records affected by imperceptible equipment vibrations, this work provides a practical solution on how to detect and mitigate these shortcomings: magnetic quasi-static sources alternatives are discussed and transient recordings of different intensities and polarities of the magnetic field are separated and interpreted similar with the spectrometry diagrams. This comprehensive presented study delivers a consistent testing framework for the new emerging generation of magnetic sensors.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10876122/GaN transistorHall sensormagnetic fieldcharacterizationMAGFETframework |
spellingShingle | Vlad Marsic Soroush Faramehr Isha Maini David A. J. Moran Petar Igic Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors IEEE Access GaN transistor Hall sensor magnetic field characterization MAGFET framework |
title | Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors |
title_full | Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors |
title_fullStr | Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors |
title_full_unstemmed | Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors |
title_short | Study of GaN Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors |
title_sort | study of gan hall effect magnetic sensors |
topic | GaN transistor Hall sensor magnetic field characterization MAGFET framework |
url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10876122/ |
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