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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
Melexis Technologies SA, Bevaix, CH;
Jerome Degois, Paris, FR;
MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA, Bevaix, CH;
Abstract
A magnetic sensor system includes a magnet and a sensor device. The magnet has a shape and is movable along an axis between a first position and a second position and is optionally also rotatable about this axis. The magnetic sensor device has a plurality of magnetic sensitive elements for measuring at least two orthogonal magnetic field components or at least two orthogonal magnetic field gradients, and a processing circuit for determining an axial position of the magnet or whether the magnet is located in the first or second position based on the first and second magnetic field components or gradients, and optionally also for estimating or calculating an angular position of the magnet. A method of determining the axial and/or angular position. A magnetic sensor device includes features of the magnetic sensor system.