Sensor Element and Method for Capturing a First and a Second Component of a Physical Variable

A sensor signal processing device for operating a sensor element having a first measuring transducer configured to record a first component of a physical quantity pointing in a first recording direction and a second measuring transducer configured to record a second component of the physical quantity pointing in a second recording direction, the first measuring transducer and the second measuring transducer being at least one of formed on a carrier substrate and arranged in the carrier substrate, the carrier substrate comprising a material, a recording angle between the first recording direction and second recording directions being dependent on the material of the carrier substrate, the sensor element is being configured to determine at least one fraction of the physical quantity in at least one of a first reference direction and a second reference direction, and at least one of (i) the first measuring transducer being arranged such that the first recording direction is oriented at a first angle, dependent on the recording angle, in relation to the first reference direction, and (ii) the second measuring transducer being arranged such that the second recording direction is oriented at a second angle, dependent on the recording angle, in relation to the first reference direction the sensor signal processing device comprising:

• an interface configured to read in the first component and the second component of the physical quantity;
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• a processing unit configured to determine at least one of (i) a first fraction of the physical quantity in the first reference direction based on a first combination rule for combining the first component with the second component and (ii) a second fraction of the physical quantity in the second reference direction based on a second combination rule for combining the first component with the second component.

A method for operating a sensor signal processing device to process a signal from a sensor element having a first measuring transducer configured to record a first component of a physical quantity pointing in a first recording direction and a second measuring transducer configured to record a second component of the physical quantity pointing in a second recording direction, the first measuring transducer and the second measuring transducer being at least one of formed on a carrier substrate and arranged in the carrier substrate, the carrier substrate comprising a material, a recording angle between the first recording direction and second recording directions being dependent on the material of the carrier substrate, the sensor element is being configured to determine at least one fraction of the physical quantity in at least one of a first reference direction and a second reference direction, and at least one of (i) the first measuring transducer being arranged such that the first recording direction is oriented at a first angle, dependent on the recording angle, in relation to the first reference direction, and (ii) the second measuring transducer being arranged such that the second recording direction is oriented at a second angle, dependent on the recording angle, in relation to the first reference direction, the method comprising:

• reading in the first component and a second component of the physical quantity from the sensor element;
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• determining at least one of (i) a first fraction of the physical quantity in the first reference direction based on a first combination rule for combining the first component with the second component, and (ii) determining a second fraction of the physical quantity in the second reference direction based on a second combination rule for combining the first component with the second component.