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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Keith W. Kawate, Attleboro Falls, MA (US);
Gerhard A. Foelsche, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Lidu Huang, Palatine, IL (US);
Gerald H. Fleischfresser, Wheaton, IL (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A differential pulse transformer having a drive coil ( ) and differential sense coils ( ) are disposed on a planar surface with a target ( ) movable over the sense coils to cause an imbalance in magnetic field when a large di/dt pulse is generated in the drive coil. A detection circuit senses the imbalance and provides a digital output accurately identifying the position of the target. Coil and target embodiments include relatively small secondary coils and relatively long targets ( and ) and relatively large secondary coils and short targets ( and ).