Title :
Capacitive sensor for relative angle measurement
Author :
Cermak, St ; Wandling, F. ; Zdiarsky, W. ; Fulmek, P. ; Brasseur, G.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Ind. Elektronik und Materialwissenschaften, Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria
Abstract :
Based on a capacitive angle/angular speed sensor a sensor measuring the relative angle between two rotating shafts has been developed. Two rotatable grounded electrodes are placed between two sensor plates. The relative angle between the two rotors and the absolute position of the rotor blades are calculated from measurements of the capacitive coupling between different transmitting stator segments. A prototype of this sensor has been developed with a range of the relative angle of ±7.5° with a resolution of 0.1
Keywords :
angular velocity measurement; capacitive sensors; torque measurement; absolute position; angular speed sensor; capacitive coupling; capacitive sensor; harsh environment; relative angle measurement; rotatable grounded electrodes; rotating shafts; signal conditioning; torque measurement; transmitting stator segments; Blades; Capacitive sensors; Electrodes; Goniometers; Position measurement; Prototypes; Rotation measurement; Shafts; Stators; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5890-2
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2000.848850
