Patent ID: 8847584

Claim:
An arrangement for magnets ( 4 ) to be used as position encoders for detecting more than one revolution, comprising: at least two rotatably supported magnet units ( 5 ) operatively connected by teething, wherein one of the magnet units is driven in rotation and the magnet units rotate at different speeds of rotation but at a fixed speed ratio relative to one another and wherein outer teethings ( 28 ) of the magnet units differ with respect to the numbers of their teeth only by one tooth, and thus a differential transmission is formed; an angle sensor element ( 12 ) is associated with each of said at least two magnet units ( 5 ), which detects the magnetic field of the magnet unit ( 5 ), wherein at least one magnet unit ( 5 ) includes a co-rotating flux conductor element; each magnet unit ( 5 ) supports at least one magnet ( 4 ), wherein the teeth circumferentially surround the magnet units, respectively; the flux conductor element covers the magnet unit on the backside facing away from the angle sensor elements as a base: the arrangement includes processing electronics ( 30 ) configured to detect the number of complete revolutions based on the signals of two or more of the angle sensor elements ( 12 ) of the magnet unit ( 5 ), and the processing electronics ( 30 ) are disposed in a housing ( 22 ) of the sensor, and on one of the angle sensor elements ( 12 ) configured as a chip.