ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE, MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLING DEVICE, MOTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE

An angle detecting device, generating phase information for indicating phases corresponding to rotational positions of a rotor of a motor, comprises an intersection detecting unit, configured to detect timing at which paired sensor signals intersect with each other, and to detect points of intersection; an intersection level detecting unit configured to detect intersection levels that are amplitude levels of the sensor signals, based on the timing at which the respective pairs of the sensor signals intersect with each other; an intersection level adjusting unit configured to adjust the detected intersection levels of the sensor signals to a certain amplitude level, and to output a successively selected one of the adjusted sensor signals as an intersection level adjustment signal; and a phase information detecting unit configured to generate detection results indicative of whether the intersection level adjustment signal is greater than respective threshold levels corresponding to the phases, thereby generating the phase information responsive to the detection results.