US 11,988,528 B2
Position sensor having segment sensor element
Timothy Biggs, Cambridge (GB); and David Witts, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Kyocera AVX Components (Werne) GmbH, Werne (DE)
Filed by Kyocera AVX Components (Werne) GmbH, Werne (DE)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,016.
Application 18/186,016 is a continuation of application No. 17/106,728, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,692,852.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/982,983, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228598 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01D 5/20 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 5/2053 (2013.01) [H01F 27/28 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A position sensor, comprising:
a target;
a segment sensor element defining a circumferential direction and a radial direction, the segment sensor element comprising:
a transmit coil; and
a plurality of receive coils positioned offset relative to one another within a space defined by the transmit coil, each of the plurality of receive coils having a shape corresponding to a periodic waveform with a radial width that varies along the circumferential direction; and
one or more computing devices configured to process one or more output signals generated by the plurality of receive coils, the one or more computing devices coupled to the segment sensor element via a connection structure: the connection structure comprising:
one or more conductors coupled to the plurality of receive coils; and
a loop structure spaced apart from the one or more conductors along the radial direction.