Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – With particular system function
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-18
2009-12-15
Crosland, Donnie L (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
With particular system function
C340S501000, C340S628000, C330S291000, C327S094000, C327S095000, C327S580000, C073S023260
Reexamination Certificate
active
07633386
ABSTRACT:
A detection system in which a single sensor is employed to detect an extensive range of a parameter. The output signal from the sensor is fed to the input of the electrical circuit, having a feedback loop, wherein the electrical circuit has a non-linear transfer characteristic. The non-linear transfer characteristic is achieved by changing the behavior of the feedback loop of the electrical circuit at a predetermined level of input signal. The output of the circuit has a proportional relationship with the input until the input signal reaches this predetermined value, whereupon the behaviors of the feedback loop changes and the relationship of the output to the input of the circuit changes. While the input signal is above the predetermined value, the output of the circuit has a linear but disproportionate relationship with the input at a gradient different to that when the input signal is below the predetermined value. Further, the behavior of the feedback loop changes to create a knee point in the response between the proportional and the linear parts of the characteristic. In this way, an overall non-linear transfer characteristic is produced by the electrical circuit, the transfer characteristic having with a well-defined knee point. The resolution of input signals below the knee point may be greater than the resolution of signals above the knee point.
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Crosland Donnie L
Thorn Security Limited
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