Method for defining a measurement range of an inductive position sensor

An inductive position sensor suitable for detecting a movement of at least one target, said sensor comprising:

• a printed-circuit carrier that bears at least one first receiver winding suitable for generating a sine signal during the detection of said at least one target and at least one second receiver winding suitable for generating a cosine signal during the detection of said at least one target, each receiver winding comprising at least two winding loops formed on the printed-circuit carrier, dimension and positioning parameters of said at least two winding loops on the printed-circuit carrier defining respective parameters of the sine and cosine signals;
• at least one emitter winding suitable for inducing a voltage in said receiver windings, the inductive position sensor being characterized in that at least one of the dimension and positioning parameters of said at least two winding loops of said at least one first receiver winding is adjusted to generate the predetermined sine signal depending on a parameter of the sine signal that is adjusted with respect to the cosine signal, the cosine signal being taken as a reference signal between the two sine and cosine signals for an adjustment of at least one parameter of the sine signal depending on a corresponding parameter of the cosine signal of said at least two winding loops of said at least one second receiver winding adjusted to generate the cosine signal,
• wherein a plurality of the dimension and positioning parameters of said at least two winding loops of said at least one first receiver winding are adjusted to generate the sine signal with a period or a wavelength of the sine signal equal to x times the period or a wavelength of the cosine signal, x being comprised between 0.79 and 0.93, the amplitude of the sine signal being equal to the amplitude of the cosine signal and a deviation from the baseline of the sine signal being determined to be coincident with the baseline of the cosine signal.