Method for compensating angular errors

A method for compensating angular errors when determining angular values of an arrangement comprising a permanent magnet and at least two magnetic field sensors, the method comprising:

• connecting a measurement and evaluation device to the at least two magnetic field sensors;
• forming a distance between the permanent magnet and the magnetic field sensors;
• generating a sine signal and a cosine signal using a forcibly guided mechanical movement in the magnetic field sensors or the sine signal and the cosine signal generated by a transform, and an evaluation signal corresponding to the angular values formed from the two signals using an arc tangent function;
• changing a shape, via arrangement errors and errors of the measurement and evaluation unit, of the evaluation signal and lead to an angular deviation in the evaluation signal;
• changing gain values and orthogonality values of the signals in order to minimize angular deviation;
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• ascertaining values for correcting gain errors and/or values for correcting orthogonality errors by determining a second harmonic for the evaluation signal and/or a third harmonic for the signals and/or density differences of measurement points of a Lissajous curve.