An Inductive 2-D Position Detection IC With 99.8% Accuracy for Automotive EMR Gear Control System

In this paper, the analog front end (AFE) for an inductive position sensor in an automotive electromagnetic resonance gear control applications is presented. To improve the position detection accuracy, a coil driver with an automatic two-step impedance calibration is proposed which, despite the load variation, provides the desired driving capability by controlling the main driver size. Also, a time shared analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is proposed to convert eight-phase signals while reducing the current consumption and area to 1/8 of the conventional structure. A relaxation oscillator with temperature compensation is proposed to generate a constant clock frequency in vehicle temperature conditions. This chip is fabricated using a 0.18-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> CMOS process and the die area is 2 mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 1.5$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm. The power consumption of the AFE is 23.1 mW from the supply voltage of 3.3 V to drive one transmitter (Tx) coil and eight receiver (Rx) coils. The measured position detection accuracy is greater than 99.8 %. The measurement of the Tx shows a driving capability higher than 35 mA with respect to the load change.

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