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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A phase detector includes a sampling signal generator configured to generate a sampling signal at an edge of a scale signal, a counter configured to count up a count value according to a clock pulse every certain time and to output the count value at a timing instructed by the sampling signal, an edge polarity determinator configured to determine whether an edge polarity of the scale signal is a rising edge or a falling edge and to generate an adjustment signal when the polarity of the edge where the sampling signal is generated is a falling edge and an adjuster configured to add a predetermined adjustment amount to the count value output from the counter when receiving the adjustment signal.