US 12,332,326 B2
Sensor and inspection device
Yoshihiro Higashi, Komatsu Ishikawa (JP); Akira Kikitsu, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP); and Satoshi Shirotori, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,211.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-139311 (JP), filed on Sep. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077550 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 33/035 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/0354 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor, comprising:
an element portion, the element portion including:
a first magnetic element including a first end portion and a first other end portion, a direction from the first end portion to the first other end portion being along a first direction;
a second magnetic element including a second end portion and a second other end portion, a direction from the second end portion to the second other end portion being along the first direction, the first other end portion being electrically connected to the second end portion;
a first conductive member including a first portion, a first other portion, a second portion, and a second other portion, the first portion corresponding to the first end portion, the first other portion corresponding to the first other end portion, the second portion corresponding to the second end portion, the second other portion corresponding to the second other end portion, the first other portion being electrically connected to the second portion; and
a second conductive member including a first conductive portion, a first other conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a second other conductive portion, the first conductive portion corresponding to the first end portion, the first other conductive portion corresponding to the first other end portion, the second conductive portion corresponding to the second end portion, the second other conductive portion corresponding to the second other end portion, the first other conductive portion being electrically connected to the second conductive portion.