Patent ID: 8478560

Claim:
A position sensor, comprising: an excitation coil adapted to be electrically excited with an excitation signal, the output coil having a first end and a second end; and an output coil inductively coupled to the excitation coil upon electrical excitation of the excitation coil and configured, when it is balanced and the excitation coil is being electrically excited, to supply a null output signal, the output coil comprising: a first coil having a first end and a second end; and a second coil having a first end and a second end, wherein: the first end of the first coil is electrically connected to the second end of the second coil and to the second end of the excitation coil, to thereby define a common node, the second end of the first coil is electrically connected to the first end of the second coil, to thereby define a signal output node, and the first end of the excitation coil defines an excitation node.