A position encoder and a method for estimating absolute position using two or more diffractive grating tracks of differing periods to generate interference fringe patterns on a multi-track sensor. Detectors, corresponding to the diffractive grating tracks, detect the interference fringes. A first processing circuitry coupled to the detectors extract phase signals from the signals from the detectors. A second processing circuitry then estimates the cycle counts of the track signals based on the phase signals from the first processing circuitry. The absolute position is estimated by combining the cycle count, the fractional fringe value, and the grating period.
申请公布号
WO9927324(A3)
申请公布日期
1999.09.16
申请号
WO1998US25146
申请日期
1998.11.24
申请人
MICROE, INC.;HORWITZ, BRUCE, A.;DEVOE, CATHERINE, E.