Patent ID: 8278911

Claim:
An inductive angle-of-rotation sensor, comprising: a printed circuit board; an excitation conductor path applied on the printed circuit board; a first receiving conductor path applied on the printed circuit board; a second receiving conductor path applied on the printed circuit board; a third receiving conductor path applied on the printed circuit board; and a graduation element rotatable relative to the printed circuit board, the graduation element including a first graduation track, a second graduation track, and a third graduation track; wherein the first and second graduation tracks and the first and second receiving conductor paths are arranged such that within one rotation of the graduation element relative to the printed circuit board, signals having a first period number are generatable by the first receiving conductor path, and signals having a second period number are generatable by the second receiving conductor path; and wherein the third graduation track and the third receiving conductor path are arranged such that within one rotation of the graduation element relative to the printed circuit board, signals having the first period number are generatable by the third receiving conductor path.