Dynamic Self-Calibrating Peak-Detecting Differential Hall Effect Gear Tooth Sensor

The ATS616 gear-tooth sensor is a peak-detecting device that uses automatic gain control and an integrated capacitor to provide extremely accurate gear edge detection down to low operating speeds. Each sensor module consists of a high-temperature plastic shell that holds together a samarium-cobalt magnet, a pole piece, and a differential open-collector Hall IC that has been optimized to the magnetic circuit. This small package can be easily assembled and used in conjunction with a wide variety of gear shapes and sizes.

FEATUREs and Benefits
• Self-calibrating for tight timing accuracy
• First-tooth detection
• Immunity to air gap variation and system offsets
• Eliminates effects of signature tooth offsets
• Integrated capacitor provides analog peak and valley information
• Extremely low timing-accuracy drift with temperature changes
• Large air gap capability
• Small, integrated package
• Optimized magnetic circuit
• Undervoltage lockout (UVLO)
• Wide operating voltage range