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Optoelectronic displacement sensor with correction filter

US4812635A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 1987
Grant dateMar 14, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/34
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optoelectronic displacement sensor for the absolute measurement of displacement in the sub-micrometer range is described, which is constructed, according to an exemplary embodiment, with a light-emitting diode (L) as light source and two photodiodes (D1, D2), which are arranged in a difference circuit and which are opposite to one another, as radiation sensors. The sensing of displacement takes place by means of a diaphragm (2), which is displaceable between light source and radiation sensors and which influences the illumination received by of the photodiodes (D1, D2). For the homogenization of the illumination, special means are provided, which, according to an exemplary embodiment, consist of a correction filter (6) disposed in the beam path.

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