Movable body i.e. joystick, tilting detection arrangement, for e.g. automobile, has sensor system with two pairs of magnetic field sensors, formed to provide sensor output signals derived from difference of signals of two pairs of sensors

摘要

The arrangement has a movable body e.g. joystick, tiltably supported with a magnet whose poles are arranged parallel to a main level. A sensor system, provided in a semiconductor body (100'), detects a tilting of the main level. The system has a pair of magnetic field sensors (10a 10b) that is arranged at a right angle to another pair of magnetic field sensors (11a, 11b). The sensor system is formed for providing sensor output signals derived from a difference of signals of the two pairs of sensors. One of the poles of the magnet faces the sensor system in a resting position of the body. An independent claim is also included for a method for detecting a tilting of a movable body in a magnetic field.