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APPLICATION NOTE Electronic Compass Design using KMZ51 and KMZ52 AN00022 Philips Semiconductors Philips Semiconductors Electronic Compass Design using Application Note KMZ51 and KMZ52 AN00022 Abstract The KMZ51 and KMZ52 from Philips Semiconductors are magnetic field sensors, dedicated to compass applications. Both sensors rely on the magnetoresistive effect and provide the required sensitivity and linearity to measure the weak magnetic field of the earth. While the KMZ51 is a single axis field sensor, the KMZ52 comprises a two-dimensional field sensor, as it is required for a compass, within one package. Both devices are equipped with integrated set/reset and compensation coils. These coils allow to apply the flipping technique for offset cancellation and the electro-magnetic feedback technique for elimination of the sensitivity drift with temperature. Besides the sensor elements, a signal conditioning unit and a direction determination unit are required to build up an electronic compass. The main functions of the signal conditioning unit are amplification of the sensor signals and offset compensation. For high resolution systems, also the temperature drift of sensitivity should be compensated. Both compensation techniques can be implemented simply by controlling the integrated set/reset and compensation coils of the KMZ51/KMZ52. In the direction determination unit, the azimuth is derived as the desired compass output quantity. The given paper shows how to realize signal conditioning and direction determination in conjunction with KMZ51 or KMZ52. Also calibration techniques with respect to interference fields, declinati