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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Neil C. Griffen, Westerville, OH (US);
Richard S. Stokes, Westerville, OH (US);
NorthStar Technologies Inc., Westerville, OH (US);
Abstract
A magnetoresistive sensor for use in a rotary encoder with a drum having a circumference covered with a magnetic track at a predetermined pitch includes a plurality of magnetoresistive elements positioned opposite the drum and connected in a bridge circuit such that when the drum rotates an output signal from the bridge indicates a rotary angle of the drum. The magnetoresistive elements include one or more complementary pairs of elements positioned 180° out of phase. Each of such pair of complementary magnetoresistive elements is connected in one leg of a bridge circuit such that jitter effects caused by asymmetric magnetic fields and physical differences between sensor elements are cancelled. Magnetoresistive sensor element configurations for minimizing the impact of temperature gradients across the magnetoresistive sensor are also disclosed.