Hall-Effect Latches and Bipolar Switches
Whether your application is speed sensing, motor commutation or position encoding, our high-performance magnetic latches and bipolar switches offer you industry-leading jitter performance, EMC/ESD robustness, and magnetic precision—all at competitive price points.
You can also be confident of their safety and reliability. Our devices offer 4× chopper stabilization for superior temperature stability and resistance to physical stress, and all new devices are designed to ISO 26262.
You can also be confident of their safety and reliability. Our devices offer 4× chopper stabilization for superior temperature stability and resistance to physical stress, and all new devices are designed to ISO 26262.
Solutions using Hall-effect switches, magnetic latches, and magnetic switch sensor ICs
Selection & Solution Guides
Allegro Product Selection Guide (PDF)
Documentation & Resources
Application Note
Ring Magnet Speed Sensing for Electronic Power Steering
Proper control of Electric Power Steering (EPS) systems requires both speed and direction information from the steering input shaft. This control will typically come from both high-resolution speed information and fairly coarse position information.
Application Note
Latching Switch Hall-Effect IC Basics
There are four general categories of Hall-effect IC devices that provide a digital output: unipolar switches, bipolar switches, omnipolar switches, and latches. Latching Hall-effect sensor ICs, often referred to as "latches," are digital output Hall-effect switches that latch output states.
Application Note
Improved Speed and Direction Sensing Using Vertical Hall Technology
The A1262 2D dual-channel Hall-effect sensor IC is offered in a 5-pin SOT23W surface-mount package, as well as a 4-pin SIP through-hole package. It features operation with traditional planar—as well as vertical—magnetic field direction.