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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Sebastian Berner, Munich, DE;
Martin Wischke, Holzkirchen, DE;
Christian Prölss, Munich, DE;
Hasan Coskuner, Rosenheim, DE;
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Abstract
An inductive sensor for detecting a position. In one example, the sensor includes an oscillator circuit which generates an AC voltage signal and couples it into an exciter coil, and a pair of receiving coils including first and second receiving coils which each form a repeating loop structure and whose arrangement forms a receiving geometry. The exciter coil is arranged to induce a signal in each receiving coil based on the coupled AC voltage signal. An evaluation circuit outputs a sensor signal that depends on the position to be detected, based on the signals induced in the receiving coils, and a movable coupling element influences the strength of the inductive couplings between the exciter coil and the receiving coils as a function of the position to be detected. The receiving coils are located in a geometrical position having an intermediate space between them and are electrically connected to each other.