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Wheel Speed Sensor: Description and Operation
GF42.45-P-4550-02PP Wheel Speed Sensor, Function

GF42.45-P-4550-02PP Wheel speed sensor, function

Function of the active wheel speed sensor

The strength and direction of an external magnetic field causes a change in the internal resistance inside the sensor. An electronic analysis system
accommodated in the sensor produces a square-wave signal, whose frequency is proportional to the rotational speed but whose amplitude is constant.
This signal is received by the relevant dynamic handling control system and transmitted over the CAN.

A reluctor with multiple trigger points generates the external magnetic field.

This consists of an elastomer plastic containing metallic particles. These are aligned by a special magnetization method so as to produce various
magnets whose polarity at the circumference alternates from north to south.

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