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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Salvador Hernandez-oliver, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Lyle Stanley Bryan, Advance, NC (US);
Marco Wolf, De Haan, BE;
Stefan Trauthwein, Herxheim, DE;
Salvador Hernandez-Oliver, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Lyle Stanley Bryan, Advance, NC (US);
Marco Wolf, De Haan, BE;
Stefan Trauthwein, Herxheim, DE;
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A position sensor measures a magnetic flux of a magnetic field produced by a magnet system in a first direction and a second direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the first direction are adjusted based on a first gain and a first offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the first direction. Values associated with the measured magnetic flux in the second direction are adjusted based on a second gain and a second offset that are determined based on the measured magnetic flux and a reference magnetic flux in the second direction. A position of the magnet system with respect to the position sensor at a given time may then be determined based on the adjusted values of the magnetic flux in the first and second directions at the given time.