Inductive position sensor
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12104931B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17203039

    申请日:2021-03-16

    发明人: Lorenzo Lugani

    IPC分类号: G01D5/20 G01B7/30

    CPC分类号: G01D5/2073 G01B7/30

    摘要: A position sensor for determining the position of a conductive target using a transmit coil and a plurality of receive coils. The receive coils may each include two strands and a strand may be obtained from a conversion of a substantially sinusoidal primitive function. The position sensor may realize a reduction of harmonics in signals from the receive coils.

    INDUCTIVE ANGLE SENSOR AND TORQUE SENSOR
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240318984A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18607913

    申请日:2024-03-18

    发明人: Lorenzo LUGANI

    IPC分类号: G01D5/20 H01F27/36 H01F38/14

    摘要: An inductive angle sensor includes a transmitter coil and an excitation circuit; a first set of receiver coils has a geometry with a first periodicity N; a first movable coupling element has a periodic geometry with said first periodicity N; a second set of receiver coils has a geometry with a second periodicity M smaller than the first periodicity N; a second movable coupling element having a periodic geometry with said second periodicity M; wherein a ratio N/M of the first periodicity N and the second periodicity M is equal to 1.5. A torque sensor includes an inductive angle sensor and a torque bar. A printed circuit board includes the plurality of coils.

    POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240302187A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18654250

    申请日:2024-05-03

    IPC分类号: G01D5/14 G01D5/244 G01R33/09

    摘要: A position sensor system is arranged for determining a position of a sensor device movable along a predefined path relative to a magnetic source. The system includes the magnetic source and the sensor device. The magnetic source has a first plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a first track and a second plurality of magnetic pole pairs arranged along a second track, centrelines of the tracks are spaced apart by a predefined track distance. The sensor device is configured for measuring at least two orthogonal magnetic field components at a first sensor location, and at least two second orthogonal magnetic field components at a second sensor location. The first and second sensor location are spaced apart by a predefined sensor distance smaller than the predefined track distance, in a direction transverse to the tracks.

    Magnetic position sensor system, method and device with error detection

    公开(公告)号:US11982547B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US18162263

    申请日:2023-01-31

    摘要: Method of determining a position of a sensor device relative to a magnetic source, includes: a) determining a first and a second magnetic field component at a first sensor location; b) determining a third and a fourth magnetic field component at a second sensor location; c) determining a first difference of the first and third component, and determining a second difference of the second and fourth component, and determining a first angle based on a ratio of the first and second difference; d) determining a first sum of the first and third component, and determining a second sum of the second and fourth component; e) determining a second angle based on a ratio of said first and second sum; f) comparing the first and second angle to detect error.

    CURRENT SENSING SYSTEM
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240003940A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18467942

    申请日:2023-09-15

    IPC分类号: G01R15/20 H05K1/02 H05K1/18

    摘要: A current sensor system has a conductor and a packaged integrated circuit for sensing a current in the conductor. The conductor is external to the packaged integrated circuit. The packaged integrated circuit includes a substrate having an active surface and a back surface; one or more magnetic sensing elements; a processing circuit arranged to process signals received from the one or more magnetic sensing elements to derive an output signal indicative of a sensed current in the conductor; a housing; a plurality of leads; electrical connections between the leads and the active surface. The back surface of the substrate is disposed on a support formed by at least two inner lead portions of the plurality of leads and the active side of the substrate is oriented towards the outer ends of the outer lead portions of the leads in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the support.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED MAGNETIC FLUX CONCENTRATOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230422632A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18461923

    申请日:2023-09-06

    IPC分类号: H10N52/00 G01R33/07 H10N50/80

    摘要: A method of producing a semiconductor substrate comprising at least one integrated magnetic flux concentrator, comprising the steps of: a) providing a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface; b) making at least one cavity in said upper surface; c) depositing one or more layers of one or more materials, including sputtering at least one layer of a soft magnetic material; d) removing substantially all of the soft magnetic material that is situated outside of the at least one cavity, while leaving at least a portion of the soft magnetic material that is inside said at least one cavity. A semiconductor substrate comprising at least one integrated magnetic flux concentrator. A sensor device or a sensor system, a current sensor device or system, a position sensor device or system, a proximity sensor device or system, an integrated transformer device or system.

    Devices and methods for measuring a magnetic field gradient

    公开(公告)号:US11846687B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-19

    申请号:US18147170

    申请日:2022-12-28

    摘要: A method of determining a gradient of a magnetic field, includes the steps of: biasing a first/second magnetic sensor with a first/second biasing signal; measuring and amplifying a first/second magnetic sensor signal; measuring a temperature and/or a stress difference; adjusting at least one of: the second biasing signal, the second amplifier gain, the amplified and digitized second sensor value using a predefined function f(T) or f(T, ΔΣ) or f(ΔΣ) of the measured temperature and/or the measured differential stress before determining a difference between the first/second signal/value derived from the first/second sensor signal. A magnetic sensor device is configured for performing this method, as well as a current sensor device, and a position sensor device.

    Current sensor system
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11815533B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17479181

    申请日:2021-09-20

    发明人: Simon Houis

    摘要: A current sensor system for accurately measuring an AC electrical current having frequencies up to 2 kHz, the system comprising: an electrical conductor (e.g. busbar) for conducting said AC current thereby creating a first magnetic field; a magnetic sensor device for measuring a magnetic field component or gradient; an object (e.g. a metal plate) having an electrically conductive surface arranged in the vicinity of said conductor for allowing eddy currents to flow in said surface, thereby creating a second magnetic field which is superimposed with the first magnetic field; wherein the magnetic sensor device is configured for determining the current as a signal or value proportional to the measured component or gradient. The metal plate may have an opening. The current sensor system may further comprise a shielding.