INDUCTIVE POSITION-DETECTING DEVICE

摘要

A coil section (10) includes a primary coil (11) which is magnetically excitable by an AC signal, and secondary coils (12 - 15) which are provided so as to generate an inductive output in response to excitation of the primary coil. A self-oscillation circuit (20), including an inductance element and a capacitor, has incorporated therein the primary coil (11) as the inductance element for self-oscillation. A target section (1) is provided in such a manner that its relative position to the coil section (10) varies according to a position of a target of detection, and the target section includes a magnetically responsive member disposed so that inductance of the secondary coils (12 - 15) is varied according to the relative position. Amplitude levels of the output signals of the secondary coils (12 - 15) are extracted, and position data of the position of the target of detection is obtained on the basis of these amplitude levels.