Position sensor having compact arrangement of coils
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01B-007/30
G01B-007/14
출원번호
US-0529387
(2000-06-08)
우선권정보
GB-19970021891 (1997-10-15)
국제출원번호
PCT/GB98/03100
(1998-10-15)
국제공개번호
WO99/19691
(1999-04-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Ely, David T. F.
Dames, Andrew N.
출원인 / 주소
Synaptics (UK) Limited
대리인 / 주소
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
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초록▼
A transducer is provided for use in a position sensor which senses the position of two relatively movable members. In one form, the transducer has a plurality of sensor windings having a number of loops arranged in succession and connected in series so that signals induced in adjacent loops by a com
A transducer is provided for use in a position sensor which senses the position of two relatively movable members. In one form, the transducer has a plurality of sensor windings having a number of loops arranged in succession and connected in series so that signals induced in adjacent loops by a common electromagnetic field oppose each other and an excitation winding having at least one loop super-imposed on but electrically isolated from the loops of the sensor windings.
대표청구항▼
A transducer is provided for use in a position sensor which senses the position of two relatively movable members. In one form, the transducer has a plurality of sensor windings having a number of loops arranged in succession and connected in series so that signals induced in adjacent loops by a com
A transducer is provided for use in a position sensor which senses the position of two relatively movable members. In one form, the transducer has a plurality of sensor windings having a number of loops arranged in succession and connected in series so that signals induced in adjacent loops by a common electromagnetic field oppose each other and an excitation winding having at least one loop super-imposed on but electrically isolated from the loops of the sensor windings. ystem of claim 1 wherein the digital processing unit includes a broadband processor for simultaneously processing the digital power signals at the first plurality of frequencies and the second plurality of frequencies. 9. The probe analysis system of claim 8 wherein the broadband processor includes: a windowing module for applying a window function to the digital power signals; a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module for calculating Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) data based on the windowed digital power signals; a Cartesian-to-polar converter for generating digital magnitude signals and a digital phase signal based on the DFT data; and a frequency discriminator for generating the digital spectrum signal based on the DFT data. 10. The probe analysis system of claim 9 wherein the frequency discriminator includes: a frequency interpolator for up sampling the DFT data; and a linear interpolator filter for increasing a spectral resolution of the digital spectrum signal based on the up sampled DFT data. 11. The probe analysis system of claim 1 further including a switching module for selectively adjusting an attenuation of the analog signals based on a signal level of the analog signals. 12. The probe analysis system of claim 11 further including a switch controller for selectively disabling the switching module based on a disable signal from the digital processing unit. 13. The probe analysis system of claim 1 wherein the digital power signals include a digital voltage signal and a digital current signal, the digital processing unit including: a first baseband processor for processing the digital voltage signal at the first plurality of frequencies; and a second baseband processor for processing the digital current signal at the first plurality of frequencies such that each baseband processor has a corresponding digital power signal. 14. The probe analysis system of claim 13 wherein each baseband processor includes: a digital frequency synthesizer for generating a digital mixing signal having a predetermined mixing frequency; a digital complex mixer adapted to receive the digital mixing signal and operable to combine the digital mixing signal with the corresponding digital power signal; a decimation module coupled to the digital complex mixer, the decimation module reducing a data quantity of the digital power signal; a low pass filter coupled to the decimation module, the low pass filter band limiting the digital power signal based on a fundamental frequency of the first plurality of frequencies; a polyphase interpolation filter coupled to the low pass filter, the interpolation filter generating an in phase signal and a quadrature signal based on the digital power signal and a desired sampling rate; a Cartesian-to-polar converter coupled to the interpolation filter, the Cartesian-to-polar converter generating a digital magnitude signal and a digital phase signal based on the in phase and quadrature signals; and a frequency discrimination module coupled to the Cartesian-to-polar converter, the frequency discrimination module generating the digital spectrum signal based on the digital phase signal. 15. The probe analysis system of claim 1 wherein the first plurality of frequencies includes a first fundamental frequency and a first plurality of harmonic frequencies corresponding to the first fundamental frequency. 16. A sampling unit for a radio frequency (RF) probe analysis system, the sampling unit comprising: a first filtering module for band limiting an analog voltage signal and an analog current signal to a first predetermined bandwidth, the analog voltage signal and the analog current signal having a first plurality of frequencies, the first predetermined bandwidth including the first plurality of frequencies; a primary N/D converter coupled to the filtering module, the primary A/D converter generating a first digital voltage signal based on the analog voltage signal and generating a first dig ital current signal based on the analog current signal; said primary A/D converter having a dual channel capability such that the first digital voltage signal and the first digital current signal are synchronized; a second filtering module for band limiting the analog voltage signal and the analog current signal to a second predetermined bandwidth, the analog voltage signal and the analog current signal having a second plurality of frequencies, the second predetermined bandwidth including the second plurality of frequencies; and a secondary A/D converter coupled to the second filtering module, the secondary A/D converter generating a second digital voltage signal based on the analog voltage signal and generating a second digital current signal based on the analog current signal; said secondary A/D converter having a dual channel capability such that the second digital voltage signal and the second digital current signal are synchronized. 17. The sampling unit of claim 16 wherein the first plurality of frequencies includes a first fundamental frequency and a first plurality of harmonic frequencies corresponding to the first fundamental frequency. 18. The sampling unit of claim 16 wherein the filtering module includes: a first bandpass filter for band limiting the analog voltage signal; and a second bandpass filter for band limiting the analog current signal. 19. The sampling unit of claim 16 further including a first memory device disposed between the primary A/D converter and a digital processing unit for temporarily storing the first digital voltage signal and the first digital current signal. 20. The sampling unit of claim 16 further including a second memory device disposed between the secondary A/D converter and a digital processing unit for temporarily storing the second digital voltage signal and the second digital current signal. 21. The sampling unit of claim 16 wherein the second plurality of frequencies includes a second fundamental frequency and a second plurality of harmonic frequencies corresponding to the second fundamental frequency. 22. A method for analyzing radio frequency (RF) power delivered to a plasma chamber, the method comprising the steps of: simultaneously sampling a first plurality of frequencies from a plurality of analog signals, the analog signals characterizing the RF power delivered to the chamber; generating digital power signals based on the analog signals; generating a digital mixing signal having a predetermined mixing frequency; combining the digital power signals with the digital mixing signal; down converting the digital power signals that the first plurality of frequencies are reduced in accordance with the predetermined mixing frequency; band limiting the digital power signals based on a fundamental frequency of the first plurality of frequencies; generating in phase signals and quadrature signals based on the digital power signals and a desired sampling rate; generating digital magnitude signals and digital phase signals based on the in phase and quadrature signals; and generating digital spectrum signals based on the digital phase signals; said digital spectrum signals defining signal levels for the first plurality of frequencies. 23. The method of claim 22 further including the step of simultaneously sampling a second plurality of frequencies from the analog signals such that the digital spectrum signals further define signal levels for the second plurality of frequencies. 24. A radio frequency (RF) probe analysis system comprising: a sampling unit for generating digital power signals based on a plurality of analog signals, the analog signals characterizing power delivered from an RF power delivery system to a plasma chamber; a switching module for selectively adjusting an attenuation of the analog signals based on a signal level of the analog signals; and a digital-processing unit for generating a digital spectrum signal based on the digital power signals ; said sampling unit simultaneously sampling a first plurality of frequencies from the analog signals such that the digital spectrum signal defines signal levels for the first plurality of frequencies. 25. The probe analysis system of claim 24 further including a switch controller for selectively disabling the switching module based on a disable signal from the digital processing unit. 26. A radio frequency (RF) probe analysis system comprising: a sampling unit for generating digital power signals based on a plurality of analog signals, the analog signals characterizing power delivered from an RF power delivery system to a plasma chamber; and a digital-processing unit for generating a digital spectrum signal based on the digital power signals where the digital power signals include a digital voltage signal and a digital current signal, said sampling unit simultaneously sampling a first plurality of frequencies from the analog signals such that the digital spectrum signal defines signal levels for the first plurality of frequencies, the digital processing unit further including: a first baseband processor for processing the digital voltage signal at the first plurality of frequencies; and a second baseband processor for processing the digital current signal at the first plurality of frequencies such that each baseband processor has a corresponding digital power signal. 27. The probe analysis system of claim 13 wherein each baseband processor includes: a digital frequency synthesizer for generating a digital mixing signal having a predetermined mixing frequency; a digital complex mixer adapted to receive the digital mixing signal and operable to combine the digital mixing signal with the corresponding digital power signal; a decimation module coupled to the digital complex mixer, the decimation module reducing a data quantity of the digital power signal; a low pass filter coupled to the decimation module, the low pass filter band limiting the digital power signal based on a fundamental frequency of the first plurality of frequencies; a polyphase interpolation filter coupled to the low pass filter, the interpolation filter generating an in phase signal and a quadrature signal based on the digital power signal and a desired sampling rate; a Cartesian-to-polar converter coupled to the interpolation filter, the Cartesian-to-polar converter generating a digital magnitude signal and a digital phase signal based on the in phase and quadrature signals; and a frequency discrimination module coupled to the Cartesian-to-polar converter, the frequency discrimination module generating the digital spectrum signal based on the digital phase signal. adhered to said insulative core; and a plurality of conductive microfibers adhered to said electrically conductive adhesive layer, wherein said plurality of conductive microfibers provides a plurality of ionizing points, whereby air between said plurality of ionizing points and an object is sufficiently ionized to remove static charge from the object. 20. An ionizing rod comprising, a rod portion, said rod portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a static dissipative core; an electrically conductive adhesive layer, said electrically conductive adhesive layer is adhered to said static dissipative core; and a plurality of conductive microfibers adhered to said electrically conductive adhesive layer, said plurality of conductive microfibers are in electrical communication with said static dissipative core, wherein said plurality of conductive microfibers provides a plurality of ionizing points, whereby air between said plurality of ionizing points and an object is sufficiently ionized to remove static charge from the object. 21. An ionizing rod comprising, a rod portion, said rod portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and an insulative core; an non-conductive adhesive layer, said non-conductive adhesive layer is adhered to said insulative core; and a plurality of conductive microfibers in electrical communication with each other adhered to said non-conductive adhesive layer, wherein said plurality of conductive microfibers provides a plurality of ionizing points, whereby air between said plurality of ionizing points and an object is sufficiently ionized to remove static charge from the object. 22. A static electricity ionizing apparatus comprising, air ionizing means for ionizing air between said apparatus and an object, thereby neutralizing charged particles along a surface of a statically charged object, wherein said air ionizing means comprises a core having a proximal end and a distal end, and a conductive sleeve removably attached to said core, said conductive sleeve is woven from material with a plurality of ionizing points; and grounding means for transferring charged particles ionized by said air ionizing means to ground, whereby air between said plurality of ionizing points and the statically charged object is sufficiently ionized to remove static charge from the statically charged object. 23. A static electricity ionizing apparatus comprising, air ionizing means for ionizing air between said apparatus and an object, thereby neutralizing charged particles along a surface of a statically charged object, wherein said air ionizing means comprises a core having a proximal end, a distal end, and a predetermined length, an
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