
MLX90251 / Programmable linear Hall-effect sensor IC
The MLX90251 is a programmable linear Hall-effect sensor IC with ratiometric analog output. All magnetic response functions of the MLX90251 are fully programmable for versatility and system tolerances reduction (End-of-Line Calibration).
The output quiescent voltage Voq (i.e. Vout @ B = 0 Gauss), sensitivity, sensing polarity, the magnitude of sensitivity drift over temperature (TC - first and second order), the clamping levels, the thermal Voq drift and the signal bandwidth, are all programmable through the connector terminals (Vdd-Vss-Out).
MLX90251 Features and benefits
- Analog signal processing
- Hall plate quadrature spinning current/chopper stabilized amplifier
- Linear analog ratiometric output voltage
- Adjustable output driver configuration
- Programmable output quiescent voltage (Voq = Vout @ B = 0 Gauss)
- Adjustable thermal Voq drift
- Programmable magnetic sensitivity
- Programmable low-pass filter
- Programmable clamping voltages
- Programmable temperature compensation
- Adjustable sensitivity temperature coefficient (first and second order)
- Melexis ID number
- Programmable customer ID number
- 4-SIP-VA package (through-hole)
- Lead-free package
- Programmable with the PTC-04 and the PTC-04-DB-HALL01 daughterboard
MLX90251 Application Examples
- Linear Position Sensing
- Rotary Position Sensing
- Current Sensing
- Magnetic Field Measurement

It features active error correction circuitry (quadrature spinning current and chopper-stabilized amplifier), which virtually eliminates the offset errors normally associated with Hall-effect devices.
The MLX90251 has a very stable thermal compensation for both the sensitivity and the Voq over a broad temperature range.
Functional Diagram
