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title = "Position Sensors"
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: [Inertial Sensors ]({{< relref "inertial_sensors" >}} ), [Force Sensors ]({{< relref "force_sensors" >}} ), [Sensor Fusion ]({{< relref "sensor_fusion" >}} )
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## Reviews of Relative Position Sensors {#reviews-of-relative-position-sensors}
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- Fleming, A. J., A review of nanometer resolution position sensors: operation and performance < sup id = "3fb5b61524290e36d639a4fac65703d0" >< a class = "reference-link" href = "#fleming13_review_nanom_resol_posit_sensor" title = "Andrew Fleming, A Review of Nanometer Resolution Position Sensors: Operation and Performance, {Sensors and Actuators A: Physical}, v(nil), 106-126 (2013)." > (Andrew Fleming, 2013)</ a ></ sup > ([Notes]({{< relref " fleming13_review_nanom_resol_posit_sensor " > }}))
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< span class = "table-number" > < a href = "#table--tab:characteristics-relative-sensor" > Table 1< / a > < / span > :
Characteristics of relative measurement sensors < a class = 'org-ref-reference' href = "#collette11_review" > collette11_review< / a >
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| Technology | Frequency | Resolution | Range | T Range |
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------------|-------------|
| LVDT | DC-200 Hz | 10 nm rms | 1-10 mm | -50,100 °C |
| Eddy current | 5 kHz | 0.1-100 nm rms | 0.5-55 mm | -50,100 °C |
| Capacitive | DC-100 kHz | 0.05-50 nm rms | 50 nm - 1 cm | -40,100 °C |
| Interferometer | 300 kHz | 0.1 nm rms | 10 cm | -250,100 °C |
| Encoder | DC-1 MHz | 1 nm rms | 7-27 mm | 0,40 °C |
| Bragg Fibers | DC-150 Hz | 0.3 nm rms | 3.5 cm | -30,80 °C |
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< span class = "table-number" > < a href = "#table--tab:summary-position-sensors" > Table 2< / a > < / span > :
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Summary of position sensor characteristics. The dynamic range (DNR) and resolution are approximations based on a full-scale range of \(100 \mu m\) and a first order bandwidth of \(1 kHz\) < a class = 'org-ref-reference' href = "#fleming13_review_nanom_resol_posit_sensor" > fleming13_review_nanom_resol_posit_sensor</ a >
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| Sensor Type | Range | DNR | Resolution | Max. BW | Accuracy |
|----------------|--------------------------------|---------|------------|----------|-----------|
| Metal foil | \\(10-500 \mu m\\) | 230 ppm | 23 nm | 1-10 kHz | 1% FSR |
| Piezoresistive | \\(1-500 \mu m\\) | 5 ppm | 0.5 nm | >100 kHz | 1% FSR |
| Capacitive | \\(10 \mu m\\) to \\(10 mm\\) | 24 ppm | 2.4 nm | 100 kHz | 0.1% FSR |
| Electrothermal | \\(10 \mu m\\) to \\(1 mm\\) | 100 ppm | 10 nm | 10 kHz | 1% FSR |
| Eddy current | \\(100 \mu m\\) to \\(80 mm\\) | 10 ppm | 1 nm | 40 kHz | 0.1% FSR |
| LVDT | \\(0.5-500 mm\\) | 10 ppm | 5 nm | 1 kHz | 0.25% FSR |
| Interferometer | Meters | | 0.5 nm | >100kHz | 1 ppm FSR |
| Encoder | Meters | | 6 nm | >100kHz | 5 ppm FSR |
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## Strain Gauge {#strain-gauge}
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## Capacitive Sensor {#capacitive-sensor}
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Description:
- < http: // www . lionprecision . com / tech-library / technotes / cap-0020-sensor-theory . html >
- < https: // www . lionprecision . com / comparing-capacitive-and-eddy-current-sensors >
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| Manufacturers | Links |
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|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Micro Sense | [link ](http://www.microsense.net/products-position-sensors.htm ) |
| Micro-Epsilon | [link ](https://www.micro-epsilon.com/displacement-position-sensors/capacitive-sensor/ ) |
| PI | [link ](https://www.physikinstrumente.com/en/technology/sensor-technologies/capacitive-sensors/ ) |
| Unipulse | [link ](https://www.unipulse.com/product/ps-ia/ ) |
| Lion-Precision | [link ](https://www.lionprecision.com/products/capacitive-sensors ) |
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## Inductive Sensor (Eddy Current) {#inductive-sensor--eddy-current}
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| Manufacturers | Links |
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|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Micro-Epsilon | [link ](https://www.micro-epsilon.com/displacement-position-sensors/eddy-current-sensor/ ) |
| Lion Precision | [link ](https://www.lionprecision.com/products/eddy-current-sensors ) |
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## Inductive Sensor (LVDT) {#inductive-sensor--lvdt}
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| Manufacturers | Links |
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|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Micro-Epsilon | [link ](https://www.micro-epsilon.com/displacement-position-sensors/inductive-sensor-lvdt/ ) |
| Keyence | [link ](https://www.keyence.eu/products/measure/contact-distance-lvdt/gt2/index.jsp ) |
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## Interferometers {#interferometers}
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| Manufacturers | Links |
|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Attocube | [link ](http://www.attocube.com/ ) |
| Zygo | [link ](https://www.zygo.com/?/met/markets/stageposition/zmi/ ) |
| Smaract | [link ](https://www.smaract.com/interferometry ) |
| Qutools | [link ](https://www.qutools.com/qudis/ ) |
| Renishaw | [link ](https://www.renishaw.com/en/fibre-optic-laser-encoder-products--6594 ) |
| Sios | [link ](https://sios-de.com/products/length-measurement/laser-interferometer/ ) |
| Keysight | [link ](https://www.keysight.com/en/pc-1000000393%3Aepsg%3Apgr/laser-heads?nid=-536900395.0&cc=FR&lc=fre ) |
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< span class = "table-number" > Table 3< / span > :
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Characteristics of Environmental Units
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| | Temperature (\\(\pm\ ^oC\\)) | Pressure (\\(\pm\ hPa\\)) | Humidity \\(\pm\\% RH\\) | Wavelength Accuracy (\\(\pm\ \text{ppm}\\)) |
|-----------|------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Attocube | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Renishaw | 0.2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Picoscale | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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< sup id = "7658b1219a4458a62ae8c6f51b767542" >< a class = "reference-link" href = "#jang17_compen_refrac_index_air_laser" title = "Yoon-Soo Jang \& ; Seung-Woo Kim , Compensation of the Refractive Index of Air in Laser Interferometer for Distance Measurement: a Review , { International Journal of Precision Engineering and
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Manufacturing}, v(12), 1881-1890 (2017).">(Yoon-Soo Jang \& Seung-Woo Kim, 2017)</ a ></ sup >
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{{< figure src = "/ox-hugo/position_sensor_interferometer_precision.png" caption = "Figure 1: Expected precision of interferometer as a function of measured distance" > }}
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## Fiber Optic Displacement Sensor {#fiber-optic-displacement-sensor}
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| Manufacturers | Links |
|---------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Unipulse | [link ](https://www.unipulse.com/product/atw200-2/ ) |
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# Bibliography
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< a class = "bibtex-entry" id = "fleming13_review_nanom_resol_posit_sensor" > Fleming, A. J., *A review of nanometer resolution position sensors: operation and performance* , Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, *190(nil)* , 106– 126 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2012.10.016</ a > [↩ ](#3fb5b61524290e36d639a4fac65703d0 )
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< a class = "bibtex-entry" id = "collette11_review" > Collette, C., Artoos, K., Guinchard, M., Janssens, S., Carmona Fernandez, P., & Hauviller, C., *Review of sensors for low frequency seismic vibration measurement* (2011).</ a > [↩ ](#642a18d86de4e062c6afb0f5f20501c4 )
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< a class = "bibtex-entry" id = "jang17_compen_refrac_index_air_laser" > Jang, Y., & Kim, S., *Compensation of the refractive index of air in laser interferometer for distance measurement: a review* , International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, *18(12)* , 1881– 1890 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12541-017-0217-y</ a > [↩ ](#7658b1219a4458a62ae8c6f51b767542 )
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## Backlinks {#backlinks}
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- [A review of nanometer resolution position sensors: operation and performance ]({{< relref "fleming13_review_nanom_resol_posit_sensor" >}} )
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- [Measurement technologies for precision positioning ]({{< relref "gao15_measur_techn_precis_posit" >}} )
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- [Collocated Control ]({{< relref "collocated_control" >}} )
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- [Inertial Sensors ]({{< relref "inertial_sensors" >}} )