Apparatus for magnetically detecting position or speed or moving body utilizing bridge circuit with series connected MR elements
First Claim
1. An apparatus for magnetically detecting the relative position or speed between moving and stationary bodies, comprising:
- a magnetic medium provided on either one of the moving and stationary bodies, and having a plurality of magnetic poles arranged continuously thereon at a constant pitch λ
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sensing means including plural MR elements, provided on the other of the moving and stationary bodies in opposition to said magnetic medium, for sensing a magnetic field generated by said magnetic poles to thereby cause variation in the electric resistance thereof, in which said MR elements constitute k sets of element pairs, each set consisting of two MR elements arranged at positions spaced at (m+1/2)λ
from one another, where m is an integer, and said element pairs being spaced by (n+1/3λ
from each other, wherein n is an integer; and
output circuit means, including said MR elements connected in a bridge circuit so that said two MR elements of each element pair are connected in series and said k sets of series connections of said MR elements are connected in parallel with each other with respect to a power source of the bridge circuit, for synthesizing k sets of voltages appearing at nodes of said two MR elements connected in series and which include third harmonic components having a phase difference of 2 π
/k from each other so as to produce an output signal.
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Abstract
Magnetic poles are provided continuously with a pitch λ on the peripheral portion of a drum rotated in accordance with a movement of a moving body. A magnetic sensor is provided in opposition to these poles. The sensor is formed of two magnetoresistive element pairs which are spaced from each other at λ/6, and the two elements in each pair are arranged in positions spaced from each other at λ/2. The two elements in each pair are connected in series to form a bridge circuit. The signals obtained from the nodes of the series-connected elements in the two element pairs are differentially amplified so that third harmonic wave components are eliminated, and a signal having no distortion and representative of the position or speed of the moving body can be obtained.
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13 Claims
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1. An apparatus for magnetically detecting the relative position or speed between moving and stationary bodies, comprising:
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a magnetic medium provided on either one of the moving and stationary bodies, and having a plurality of magnetic poles arranged continuously thereon at a constant pitch λ
;sensing means including plural MR elements, provided on the other of the moving and stationary bodies in opposition to said magnetic medium, for sensing a magnetic field generated by said magnetic poles to thereby cause variation in the electric resistance thereof, in which said MR elements constitute k sets of element pairs, each set consisting of two MR elements arranged at positions spaced at (m+1/2)λ
from one another, where m is an integer, and said element pairs being spaced by (n+1/3λ
from each other, wherein n is an integer; andoutput circuit means, including said MR elements connected in a bridge circuit so that said two MR elements of each element pair are connected in series and said k sets of series connections of said MR elements are connected in parallel with each other with respect to a power source of the bridge circuit, for synthesizing k sets of voltages appearing at nodes of said two MR elements connected in series and which include third harmonic components having a phase difference of 2 π
/k from each other so as to produce an output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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