Glossary of terminology for Hall effect IC: Introduction of products: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Magnetic Sensors

Term	Symbol	Definition	Drive Type
Term	Symbol	Definition	Continuous (EW)	Pulse (EM•EW)
Absolute Maximum Ratings	-	The limiting value which dees not exceed at instant.	●	●
Supply Voltage	Vcc	Maximum Input Voltage which can be biased between the input terminals.	●
Supply Voltage	VDD			●
Output H Voltage	Vo(off)	Maximum voltage the output can tolerate without break down,when the output is H.	●
Output L Current	Isink	Maximum current the output can sink without incurring damage,when the output is L.	●
Output Current	Iout			●
Operating Temperature Range	Topr	Temperature Range which can be biased continually.	●	●
Storage Temperature Range	Tstg	Temperature Range which is permitted when it does not biased.	●	●

Term	Symbol	Definition	Drive Type
Term	Symbol	Definition	Continuous (EW)	Pulse (EM•EW)
Ambient Temperature	Ta	Ambient temperature of the Hall effect IC	●	●
Magnetic Flux Density	B	The number of magnetic flux lines per unit area which is vertical to the magnetic field. The unit is T (Tesla).	●	●
Supply Voltage	Vcc	Input Voltage which can be biased between the input terminal.	●
Supply Voltage	VDD			●
Supply Current	Icc IDD	Supply current when the output is H. Average supply current.	●	●
Operating Point	Bop	Magnetic Flux density at which Hall Effect ICs turns L(S-pole).	●	●
Operating Point	B_opS, B_opN	Magnetic Flux density at Output H→L(BopS:S-pole?BopN:N-pole)		●
Release Point	Brp	Magnetic Flux Density at Output L→H(S-pole)		●
Release Point	B_rpS, B_rpN	Magnetic Flux density at Output L→H(BrpS:S-pole?BrpN:N-pole)	●	●
Hysteresis	Bh	Bh=B_op-B_rp	●	●
Hysteresis	B_hS, B_hN	B_hS=B_opS-B_rpS, B_hN=B_opN-B_rpN		●
Output Saturation Voltage	Vsat	The maximum output voltage for a given current when the output is H.	●
Output Leakage Current	Ileak	The maximum leakage current under a given set of conditions,when output is L.	●
Output Down Voltage	Vd	The output voltage between Vcc and OUTterminal,when the output is H.	●
Output High Voltage	V_OH	Output voltage when the output is H.		●
Output Low Voltage	V_OL	Output voltage when the output is L.		●
Internal Load Resistance	R_L	The value of Pull-up resistor	●
Period	Tp	Cycle to drive the Hall element by pulse		●