Understanding

Dual Hall-Effect
Throttle
Assemblies
 More reliable sensor type/design - Hall
effect devices used in motion sensing and
motion limit switches can offer enhanced
reliability in extreme environments.
 There are no contacting moving parts
involved within the sensor or magnet,
 No idle validation circuit
 Eliminates throttle calibration
requirements following a throttle or ECM
replacement
 When electrons flow through a conductor, a
magnetic field is produced.
 A sensor voltage is applied across two terminals
and the third provides a voltage proportional to the
current being sensed.
 Hall effect devices produce a very low signal level
and thus require amplification.
 Many devices now sold as "Hall effect sensors"
contain both the sensor described above and a high
gain integrated circuit amplifier in a single package.
 Not a Dual Potentiometer
 +
- Hall Voltage

Lines of Magnetism
(Flux Lines)

Ready
Never

Hall Element/Device
Applied Voltage (Semiconductor)
 There are many different Hall effect
throttle types available
 The following slide is intended to
illustrate one possible type.
 Inside a Hall Device

Movement
The Hall of contains
effect device the shieldspecial
disrupts
circuits 4.75
0.25
0.75
1.25
2.50
3.25
the an
that produce magnetic
inversely
VDC

proportional voltage and then amplify

Mag

- field and reduces the

Hall the small voltage into one that can be
+ field strength seen by the
net

Effect used by the ECM. If we were to take a

Hall effect
measurement at thedevice.
Hall element itself,
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Device the voltage would be reduced as the

Fie

The shield is connected

+

shield goes further into the magnetic

-
Hall Effect
field. to the throttle pedal.
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Element

Shield
 Primary sensor signal voltages 0.25 -
4.75 VDC
 Used by the ECM to determine throttle
pedal position
 Spare sensor – rather than idle validation
(set to a pre-determined throttle value)
allows the vehicle to operate normally
(slight derate)
 Second sensor signal is only half or the
primary throttle voltage range (0.25 to
2.375 VDC)
 Why? Allows the ECM to determine a
primary throttle sensor circuit issue when
the primary and secondary voltage ratios
do not match
 Must be wired on a different sensor
supply & return than the primary throttle
sensor
 No need to calibrate replacement
throttle assembly
 Wrong throttle type (with idle
validation) installed will generate a
fault code
 Other Fault Codes