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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Shinji Nakatani, Okazaki, JP;
Hirofumi Uenoyama, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Takamasa Kinpara, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In a position detecting device for a moving object, such as a camshaft gear, having ridges and valleys, magnetoresistive elements are disposed in positions offset in the rotation direction of the moving object from the magnetic center of a bias magnetic field projected by a bias magnet. The direction of the bias magnetic field is different when the moving object is in a ridge position from when it is in a valley position. A mid-point potential of the MREs is taken as the output of an MRE bridge to obtain an output value which is different when the moving object is in the ridge position from when it is in the valley position. It is thus possible to distinguish between the ridge position and the valley position of the moving object.