US 12,031,817 B2
Inductive angular-position sensors, and related devices, systems, and methods
Ganesh Shaga, Telangana (IN)
Assigned to Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,600.
Claims priority of application No. 202141035344 (IN), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045209 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01D 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 7/30 (2013.01) [G01D 5/20 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a support structure having a first side defining a first plane of the support structure and a second side defining a second plane of the support structure, the first side opposite the second side;
a first inductive angular-position sensor comprising a first sense coil arranged at the first side of the support structure, the first sense coil of the first inductive angular-position sensor at least partially circumscribing an axis;
a second inductive angular-position sensor comprising a second sense coil arranged opposite the first sense coil of the first inductive angular-position sensor at the second side of the support structure, the second sense coil of the second inductive angular-position sensor at least partially circumscribing the axis; and
a shield arranged between the first sense coil of the first inductive angular-position sensor and the second sense coil of the second inductive angular-position sensor.