The invention finds application in the field of electric valve actuators.
Particularly, the invention relates to a magnetic absolute angular
position sensor for valves controlled by electric part-turn actuators, wherein
the rotation of the valve shaft (10) induces a change in the direction
along which the lines of the magnetic field generated by a magnet (8) integral
therewith, pass through a stationary circuit board (7), containing two Wheatstone
bridges arranged at 45 to each other, and made of a magneto-resistive material.
Hence, two 90 electric signals X and Y are generated, having the same amplitude,
which allow to uniquely determine the angle of rotation of the shaft (10).