Patent ID: 6927566

Claim:
A device for generating output voltages, that can be used to determine the position of two components that are moving in relation to one another, comprising: (a) at least one adjustable Giant Magnetic Resistor (GMR) resistor with a Giant Magnetic Resistor cell assigned to a first component; (b) at least one magnet element movable relative to said GMR cell in at least one gap and assigned to a second component; and an evaluation unit coupled to the GMR resistor; wherein at least two of the GMR resistors are arranged in at least two resistor networks, each with at least one GMR resistor, and wherein said resistor networks are connected to a 360° logic unit serving as said evaluation unit, and wherein the 360° logic unit receives the delivery voltages U GMR , U 1 and U 2 , generated by the GMR resistors, and computes the actual position angle for 0 to 360° from the delivery voltages, and outputs said position angle as a third output.