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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Melexis Technologies SA, Bevaix, CH;

Inventors:

Gael Close, Morges, CH;

Samuel Huber Lindenberger, Jenaz, CH;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/038 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/038 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G01R 33/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

A position sensor system includes a magnetic source for generating a magnetic field, and a position sensor device movable relative to the magnetic source, or vice versa. The position sensor device comprises at least three magnetic sensor elements for measuring at least three magnetic field values of the magnetic field, and a processing circuit configured for determining at least two magnetic field gradients or magnetic field differences based on the at least three magnetic field values, and for deriving from the at least two magnetic field gradients or differences a first value indicative of a position of the position sensor device, and for deriving from the at least two magnetic field gradients or differences a second value indicative of integrity of the position sensor system.


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