Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inductive position sensor
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Application No.: US15949762Application Date: 2018-04-10
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Publication No.: US11079291B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Jacques Jean Bertin
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Wash Park IP Ltd.
- Agent John T. Kennedy
- Main IPC: G01L3/10
- IPC: G01L3/10 ; G01D5/20

Abstract:
Systems, devices, and methods for determining a torque on a target using an inductive torque sensor are described. The inductive torque sensor may include an excitation coil, two rotors, and two or more receive coils. Each of the receive coils and the rotors may be inductively coupled. The two or more receive coils may be configured to generate a received voltage which can be approximated by a sine waveform function based on the angular changes of the coils on each rotor, the distance of the receive coils from the rotors and the distance between the receive coils. An integrated circuit may be configured to determine the torque generated on the target based on calculated differences between the angular rotation of the first rotor versus the second rotor over a given period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190310148A1 INDUCTIVE POSITION SENSOR Public/Granted day:2019-10-10
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