Electronic device with ring-connected hall effect regions

An electronic device comprising:

• a first Hall effect region, a second Hall effect region, a third Hall effect region, and a fourth Hall effect region that are isolated from each other, each Hall effect region comprising a first contact, a second contact, a supply contact, and a sense contact in or on surfaces of the Hall effect region;
• wherein the first contact of the second Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the first Hall effect region and the first contact of the first Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the second Hall effect region, so that two current paths exist between the supply contact of the first Hall effect region and the supply contact of the second Hall effect region;
• wherein the first contact of the fourth Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the third Hall effect region and the first contact of the third Hall effect region is connected to the second contact of the fourth Hall effect region, so that two current paths exist between the supply contact of the third Hall effect region and the supply contact of the fourth Hall effect region;
• wherein the supply contacts and the sense contacts are arranged in a sequence along each one of the current paths such that there is one sense contact of the sense contacts between two of the supply contacts;
• and
• wherein a first differential sense signal is tapped between the sense contacts of the first and third Hall effect regions and a second differential sense signal is tapped between the sense contacts of the second and fourth Hall effect regions.

An electronic device, comprising:

• four Hall effect regions that are isolated from each other, wherein each of the four Hall effect regions comprises a first contact and a second contact in or on a surface of the Hall effect region, wherein a first contact of the (k+1)-th Hall effect region is connected to a second contact of the k-th Hall effect region for k=1 to 3, and a first contact of the first Hall effect region is connected to a second contact of the fourth Hall effect region;
• wherein each of the four Hall effect regions further comprises one of a supply contact and a sense contact in or on the surface of the Hall effect region, the supply contact or the sense contact being arranged between the first contact and the second contact of the Hall effect region;
• wherein a Hall effect region in or on the surface of which a supply contact is formed is connected via its first and second contacts to two Hall effect regions in or on the surfaces of which a sense contact is formed, respectively, so that the supply contacts and the sense contacts are arranged in a sequence along a current path between at least two supply contacts such that there is one sense contact between the at least two supply contacts;
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• wherein each Hall effect region comprises at most one of the at least two supply contacts.