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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Manchester, NH (US);

Inventors:

Dominik Weiland, Sandhausen, DE;

Nathan Shewmon, Heidelberg, DE;

Syed Bilal Ali, Heidelberg, DE;

Assignee:

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/245 (2006.01); G01D 5/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/245 (2013.01); G01D 5/247 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic field sensor for sensing an absolute position of a target object can include a first one or more magnetic field sensing elements disposed proximate to a first portion of the target object, the first one or more magnetic field sensing elements operable to generate a first magnetic field signal responsive to the movement of the first portion; a second one or more magnetic field sensing elements disposed proximate to a second portion of the target object, the second one or more magnetic field sensing elements operable to generate a second magnetic field signal responsive to the movement of the second portion; a position detection module coupled to use the first and second magnetic field signals to generate a position value indicative of the absolute position; and an output format module coupled to receive the position value and to generate a position signal from the magnetic field sensor indicative of the absolute position.


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