Abstract:
A pair of magnetic field sensors are disposed perpendicular to one another for sensing, at a single location, different directional components of a magnetic field. The output signals from the magnetic field sensors are vectorally combined to provide vector representations of the varying magnetic field. The direction of movement of the vector representations is then determined in order to indicate either the direction of movement of the object creating the variations in the magnetic field or the relative position of the object with respect to the sensors.