Description
The TLE5012BD is a 360° angle sensor that detects the orientation of a magnetic field. This is achieved by measuring sine and cosine angle components with monolithic integrated Giant Magneto Resistance (iGMR) elements. These raw signals (sine and cosine) are digitally processed internally to calculate the angle orientation of the magnetic field (magnet).
The TLE5012BD is a pre-calibrated sensor. The calibration parameters are stored in laser fuses. At start-up the values of the fuses are written into flip-flops, where these values can be changed by the application-specific parameters. Further precision of the angle measurement over a wide temperature range and a long lifetime can be improved by enabling an optional internal autocalibration algorithm.

FEATUREs
• Giant Magneto Resistance (GMR)-based principle
• Fully redundant design with two sensor ICs in one package
• Integrated magnetic field sensing for angle measurement
• 360° angle measurement with revolution counter and angle speed measurement
• Two separate highly accurate single bit SD-ADC
• 15 bit representation of absolute angle value on the output (resolution of 0.01°)
• 16 bit representation of sine / cosine values on the interface
• Max. 1.0° angle error over lifetime and temperature-range with activated auto-calibration
• Bi-directional SSC Interface up to 8 Mbit/s
• Supports Safety Integrity Level (SIL) with diagnostic functions and status information
• Interfaces: SSC, PWM, Incremental Interface (IIF), Hall Switch Mode (HSM), Short PWM Code (SPC, based on SENT protocol defined in SAE J2716)
• Output pins can be configured (programmed or pre-configured) as push-pull or open-drain
• Bus mode operation of multiple sensors on one line is possible with SSC or SPC interface
• 0.25 µm CMOS technology
• Automotive qualified: -40°C to 150°C (junction temperature)
• ESD > 4 kV (HBM)
• RoHS compliant (Pb-free package)
• Halogen-free

PRO-SIL™ Features
• Test vectors switchable to ADC input (activated via SSC interface)
• Inversion or combination of filter input streams (activated via SSC interface)
• Data transmission check via 8-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) for SSC communication and 4-bit CRC nibble for SPC interface
• Built-in Self-test (BIST) routines for ISM, CORDIC, CCU, ADCs run at startup
• Two independent active interfaces possible
• Overvoltage and undervoltage detection

Potential applications
The TLE5012BD GMR-based angle sensor is designed for angular position sensing in automotive applications such as:
• Electrical commutated motor (e.g. used in Electric Power Steering (EPS))
• Steering angle measurements
• General angular sensing