Magnetic sensor
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorDaisuke Mori
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Abstract
A magnetic sensor includes a rectangular or substantially rectangular substrate and at least one first magnetoresistive element on the substrate. The first magnetoresistive element has a pattern that, in plan view, has a rectangular or substantially rectangular outer shape and includes first slits that extend in a radiating manner from a center of the pattern and approach an outer edge of the pattern and second slits between adjacent first slits and extend from the outer edge of the pattern toward the center of the pattern. The pattern is connected to circle around the center of the pattern while alternately changing direction between a first direction toward the outer edge of the pattern and a second direction toward the center of the pattern.
Claims20
A magnetic sensor comprising:
- a substrate that has a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape in plan view;
- and
- at least one first magnetoresistive element that is provided on the substrate;
- wherein
- the at least one first magnetoresistive element includes a pattern having a rectangular or substantially rectangular outer shape in plan view;
- and
- in plan view, the pattern is provided with a plurality of first slits that extend in a radiating manner from a center of the pattern and approach an outer edge of the pattern and a plurality of second slits that are located between adjacent first slits and extend from the outer edge of the pattern toward the center of the pattern, and the pattern is connected so as to circle around the center of the pattern while alternately changing direction between a first direction toward the outer edge of the pattern and a second direction toward the center of the pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.