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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
May. 21, 1999
Heinz Loreck, Idstein, DE;
Michael Zydek, Langgõns, DE;
Wolfgang Fey, Niedernhausen, DE;
Peter Lohberg, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement for determining the rotational behavior of a rotating body or encoder ( ) includes a sensor module ( ) which comprises a sensor element ( to ), a controllable power source ( ) supplying a load-independent current representative of the rotational behavior, a modulator ( ) that controls the power source ( ) as a function of signals of the sensor element ( to ) and of signals supplied by an external signal source through an additional port (K ), and an evaluating circuit ( ). The sensor module ( ) is magnetically coupled to the encoder ( ). The output signal of the sensor module ( ) is a signal, representative of the rotational behavior, with a superimposed status signal and/or additional signal.