• DocumentCode
    2749820
  • Title

    Simple eddy current sensor for small angle measurement

  • Author

    Li, S. ; He, Q. ; Zhang, Z. ; Han, B. ; Li, Z. ; Lan, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    1-6 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    496
  • Lastpage
    497
  • Abstract
    A simple differential eddy current sensor for measuring small rotation angle is presented and experimentally investigated. The output signal is obtained from changing active areas of a rotatable copper plate with two legs inserted into gaps of a magnetic circuit. Test results show this kind of sensor has a resolution of 8μrad over the effective measurement range of ±7000μrad.
  • Keywords
    angular measurement; eddy currents; electric sensing devices; magnetic circuits; active areas; differential eddy current sensor; magnetic circuit gaps; rotatable copper plate; rotation angle measurement; Copper; Current measurement; Eddy currents; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic cores; Optical variables measurement; Windings; Small angle measurement; eddy current sensor; mutual inductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    0589-1485
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0439-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2012.6251020
  • Filename
    6251020