Product Summary

Infineon's sensor family, the XENSIV™ series of magnetic position sensors, includes a wide portfolio of angle sensors, including high-precision magnetic angle sensors using Hall, AMR (anisotropic magnetoresistance), GMR (giant magnetoresistance) and TMR (tunneling magnetoresistance) technologies.

The products consist of single chip and dual chip solutions suitable for automotive, industrial and consumer rotating applications. For automotive applications with particularly strict functional safety levels, we also offer products with documentation compliant with ASIL-D.

Product features

• A wide lineup of output methods and xMR technology
• Supports a wide range of rotation detection applications
• Single Chip and Dual Chip lineup
• Analog output: Differential Sin and Cos for improved detection reliability
• Digital output: Supports a wide range of communication interfaces
• Angle detection with 15-bit resolution
• ISO 26262 compliant/ready products
• A lineup suitable for a wide range of applications including automotive, industrial, and consumer products

What is ISO 26262 compliant/ready?

For applications requiring a high level of functional safety, Infineon offers
We offer a lineup of products that meet the requirements of ISO 26262.

An ISO 26262 compliant product is designed in accordance with the safety plan and is fully compliant with ISO 2626. An ISO 26262 ready product is not designed in accordance with ISO 26262 itself, but has additional documentation ready to support functional safety.

Please refer to the "Classification" column in the lineup table below for the compatibility of each product.

hall sensor

Previously, the lineup only included xMR sensors, but now we have added a lineup of angle sensors that use the Hall effect.

With the increasing electrification of internal combustion engine vehicles and the introduction of electric main drives in electric vehicles, the potential for electromagnetic interference from stray magnetic fields continues to grow, potentially causing problems for electronic subsystems. Spatially separated Hall cells have been developed to enable robust measurements of stray magnetic fields for applications such as chassis height, pedal position and steering angle sensing. A signal conditioning circuit and a digital signal processing unit are implemented on the sensor chip to provide angle information via a digital interface, making it a stray magnetic field robust angle sensor.

AMR Sensor

This sensor is ideal for ultra-high-precision, high-speed 180° angle measurement applications. Applications range from BLDC motors for pumps, wipers, and brakes to valve, flap, pedal position measurement and other applications requiring a high level of functional safety.

AMR/GMR (Dual Chip) Sensor

This angle sensor is equipped with two types of chips, AMR and GMR, and is designed for applications that require high redundancy. By combining the technologies and features of a high-precision Anisotropic Magnetoresistive (AMR) sensor and a 360° detectable Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor, it achieves advanced angle detection.

GMR sensor

We offer a lineup of easy-to-use Single Chip and Dual Chip products with excellent redundancy. Products with various interfaces such as SENT, PWM, SPC, and SPI are available, allowing them to be adapted to a wide range of applications. They are pre-configured and calibrated for simple plug-and-play functionality, so they are ready to use right away, highly flexible, and ideal for applications that require a high level of functional safety. They also achieve extremely high-precision sensing with an extremely small angle error of less than 1° including temperature drift and lifetime.

TMR Sensor

The TMR sensor is a high-speed, differential output analog angle sensor that achieves high sensitivity and a wide output voltage range. Designed for applications such as steering that require a high level of functional safety, the automotive angle sensor can also be used for general actuator and motor control such as BLDC motors, pumps, and wipers. It is also an ideal product for applications that require low temperature drift and low current consumption.

Development Tools / Documentation

Infineon offers convenient development tools and documentation to accelerate your magnetic sensor development.

Evaluation kit/evaluation board

We have evaluation kits/evaluation boards available so you can try it out right away.

If you are interested, please feel free to contact us.

"Add-on" evaluation kit

We have add-ons for a variety of use cases, very easy to use and can be installed into the "2GO" kit.

"2GO" Evaluation Board

This evaluation kit is equipped with one Infineon sensor combined with an ARM® Cortex™-M0 CPU, and enables high-speed evaluation via USB connection.

The rotary knob, sold separately, can be attached to the 2GO kit for the TLE5012B series of GMR sensors. The knob itself has a magnet pre-installed, so it can be easily combined with the 2GO kit to simulate rotational motion for angle measurement.

Programmer Board/Satellite Board

Each evaluation kit for the TLE5014 series of GMR sensors consists of two elements: a programmer board (containing a microcontroller XMC1100 boot kit with stack-on-shield) and a satellite board hosting each TLE5014 GMR sensor.

The satellite boards are connected to the programmer board via cables. As part of our ease-of-use approach, we also provide a magnetic rotary knob attached, eliminating the need to design, select, and position specific magnets. This add-on allows for fast evaluation and a plug-and-play experience.

BOARD: Satellite board only
EVAL KIT: Programmer board and satellite board set

Evaluation kit

This is an evaluation kit for the TLE5309 series of angle sensors that support redundancy by incorporating two types of chips, AMR and GMR.
Using the software available for download from the product page, it is possible to compare the measurement results of two independent chips implemented on the TLE5309.

​This is an evaluation kit for the TLE5501 series of TMR sensors.
The TLE5501 is soldered onto the "breakout" area of the shield allowing it to be easily removed from the shield and used in a different application if required.
The shield provides mounting holes for a magnetic knob that can be used to demonstrate the functionality of the sensor and also provides a voltage buffer on board so that the output of the sensor can be optionally buffered by selecting the appropriate DIP switch setting.

Magnetic design simulation tool

It is possible to verify the magnet design using a simulation tool for the magnet used in combination with the sensor.

The worst-case angular error caused by the effective air gap (distance from the magnet surface to the sensor) considering the specific magnet size and residual magnetization (radial magnetization), and the tilt and eccentricity of the magnet and sensor element with respect to the rotation axis. can be simulated.

*This simulation tool simulates errors purely due to assembly tolerances, and does not take into account additional tolerances based on sensor element temperature and lifetime drift.

Angle Sensors Magnetic Design Tool

Inquiry / Quotation

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Infineon's automotive lineup

Among Infineon's wide-ranging portfolio of products, we have compiled a lineup of only automotive-grade products that have been certified to AEC-Q100/AEC-Q101.
We have many products that can be considered for a variety of applications, including microcontrollers, power semiconductors, memory, and sensors, so please take a look.