Magnet Sensor Arrangement

A magnetic sensor arrangement ( 1 ), having magnetically sensitive sensor elements ( 7, 8 ) whose electrical properties are changeable as a function of a magnetic field that a moving, passive transmitter element ( 11 ) is able to influence. The magnetic sensor arrangement ( 1 ) has two sensor elements ( 7, 8 ) in a gradiometer arrangement that are each respectively associated with one of two magnetic regions ( 4, 5 ) of a permanent magnet embodied in the form of a gap magnet ( 2; 20; 23 ), which regions are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance (sa). The regions ( 4, 5 ) and the gap magnet ( 2; 20; 23 )-in terms of the for example wedge-shaped embodiment, the dimensions (h, b, t), the gap width (sa), the gap depth (st), and their positions in relation to the sensor elements ( 7, 8 )-are situated so as to minimize the offset of the output signal of the sensor elements ( 7, 8 ) in the gradiometer arrangement.