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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. 22, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Rémy Soucaille, Massy, FR;

Jean-Michel Daga, Bourg-la-reine, FR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/20 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01D 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/20 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G01D 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, an absolute position sensing system includes a magnetic field sensor and a target structure. The sensor includes an emitting coil configured to generate a magnetic field in response to a current through the emitting coil, a first arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements, and a second arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements. The target structure includes a plurality of coil elements arranged such that, during movement of the target structure relative to the sensor, the emitted field induces a current in different ones of the coil elements resulting in the generation of non-uniform magnetic fields about the first and second arrangements of magnetic field sensing elements. The sensor is configured to process a first signal from the first arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements and a second signal from the second arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements to determine an absolute position of the target structure.


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