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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
David T Phillips, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Craft Corporation, Hopkins, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 2502 / ; 324163 ;
Abstract
An optical shaft angle encoder which provides sensor output voltages having waveform characteristics modified for use with 'multiplication type' tachometer converter circuits to provide improved servo control system performance by reducing step changes in the tachometer output voltage due to phase error and reducing tachometer output voltage ripple. The geometry of the encoder mask combination provides a non-sinusoidal sensor output voltage comprised of linear and parabolic segments having a trapezoidal derivative.