The utility model belongs to the technical field of sensing measurement, and discloses a differential angle sensor with a variable
area type capacitor structure, which comprises two polar plates which are arranged in parallel at an interval, one polar plate is a fixed plate, the other polar plate is a movable plate, the fixed plate comprises a fixed
plate electrode I and a fixed
plate electrode II, and the movable plate comprises a movable
plate electrode; the rotor plate
electrode and the
stator plate
electrode I form a
capacitor C1, and the rotor plate
electrode and the
stator plate electrode II form a
capacitor C2; the fixed plate is fixed, the movable plate rotates to form
capacitance value changes of the capacitor C1 and the capacitor C2, and measurement of the rotation angle of the movable plate is completed according to the corresponding relation between the
capacitance value changes and the angle changes. The sensor is strong in anti-interference capability, high in precision, simple and reliable in structure and low in cost, the sensitivity of the sensor can be improved by improving the
excitation signal frequency, and the performance of the sensor is ensured by utilizing an external
automatic gain control circuit.