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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Yosuke Komasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Hiraku Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yosuke Komasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Hiraku Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 35/00 (2006.01); G01B 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An angle detection unit including first to third arithmetic units receives first and second signals that are associated with intensities of components of a rotating magnetic field in mutually different directions. The first arithmetic unit generates a sum of squares signal made up of the sum of squares of the first and second signals. Based on the sum of squares signal, the second arithmetic unit calculates a first error component estimate which is an estimated value of a first error component included in the first signal and a second error component estimate which is an estimated value of a second error component included in the second signal. The third arithmetic unit generates a first corrected signal by subtracting the first error component estimate from the first signal, generates a second corrected signal by subtracting the second error component estimate from the second signal, and calculates a detected angle value based on the first and second corrected signals.


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