Patent ID: 8125216

Claim:
A sensor, comprising: a magnet; first, second, third, and fourth sensor elements positioned in relation to the magnet; an analog signal processing module to process output signals from the first, second, third, and fourth sensor elements and generate first and second differential signals for minimizing effects of positional misalignment of the first, second, third, and fourth sensor elements with respect to the magnet by maximizing a quadrature relationship of the first and second differential signals, wherein the first differential signal generates a first waveform corresponding to angular position information, the second differential signal generates a second waveform corresponding to the angular position information, wherein the first and second waveforms are offset by a predetermined amount; a first inverter to invert the first differential waveform for providing a first inverted waveform and a second inverter to invert the second differential waveform for providing a second inverted waveform, wherein the first and second differential waveforms are inverted about an offset voltage; and the analog signal processing module to generate a linear output signal from the first differential waveform, the second differential waveform, the first inverted waveform, and the second inverted waveform.