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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Ifm Electronic Gmbh, Essen, DE;
Inventor:
Jörg Schulz, Tettnang, DE;
Assignee:
IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH, Essen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/24 (2006.01); H03K 17/955 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/24 (2013.01); H03K 17/955 (2013.01); H03K 17/9622 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a capacitive sensor, the associated evaluation circuit and an actuator for a motor vehicle having the above-mentioned sensor for detecting the distance, speed, or position of an object, having a reference capacitance and two measuring capacitances, wherein a square-wave voltage is applied to the reference capacitance and the measuring capacitances via a resistor and a pulse which has a variable period and represents a measure of the particular measuring capacitance is obtained with the aid of a switching stage.