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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2000
Hirofumi Uenoyama, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
Rotation of a rotating object such as a toothed rotor is detected based on put potentials of a bridge circuit having four magnetoresistive elements. The bridge circuit formed on an integrated circuit chip is positioned in a biasing magnetic field generated by a magnet disposed at a vicinity of the toothed rotor. A pair of magnetoresistive elements form a first circuit in the bridge while the others pairs forms a second circuit. To cancel influence of magnetostrictive effects due to an external force imposed on the integrated circuit chip, the first and second circuits in the bridge are positioned symmetrically to each other with respect to a center line of the biasing magnetic field.