An Improved Linearization Circuit Used for Optical Rotary Encoders

Autor: Jovanović Jelena, Denić Dragan, Jovanović Uglješa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Measurement Science Review, Vol 17, Iss 5, Pp 241-249 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1335-8871
DOI: 10.1515/msr-2017-0029
Popis: Optical rotary encoders generate nonlinear sine and cosine signals in response to a change of angular position that is being measured. Due to the nonlinear shape of encoder output signals, encoder sensitivity to very small changes of angular position is low, causing a poor measurement accuracy level. To improve the optical encoder sensitivity and to increase its accuracy, an improved linearization circuit based on pseudo-linear signal generation and its further linearization with the two-stage piecewise linear analog-to-digital converter is presented in this paper. The proposed linearization circuit is composed of a mixed-signal circuit, which generates analog pseudo-linear signal and determines the first four bits of the final digital result, and the two-stage piecewise linear analog-to-digital converter, which performs simultaneous linearization and digitalization of the pseudo-linear signal. As a result, the maximal value of the absolute measurement error equals to 3.77168·10−5 [rad] (0.00216°) over the full measurement range of 2π [rad].
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