Electricity: measuring and testing – Impedance – admittance or other quantities representative of... – Lumped type parameters
Patent
1991-08-01
1993-05-18
Strecker, Gerard R.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Impedance, admittance or other quantities representative of...
Lumped type parameters
324533, 324676, 340604, G01R 2702, G01R 3111
Patent
active
052124533
ABSTRACT:
In an apparatus for determining the moisture content of a material by measuring the dielectric constant of the material by means of a measuring conductor which is disposed such that the material becomes a dielectric for the measuring conductor and wherein the time lapse between the application of an electrical signal to the measuring conductor and the return of the echo of the signal is employed as an indication of the dielectric constant and consequently the moisture content of the material, the electrical signal is a pulsed signal with a pulse duration which is greater than the time lapse between signal start and return of the echo of the signal start and an independent oscillator is provided whose cycles are counted during the opening state of a gate circuit which is open between the application of electrical signal to the measuring conductor and the return of the echo thereof, the counted cycles thereby providing an indication for the time lapsed from signal start to echo return in a simple manner with simple, inexpensive components.
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Fundinger Robin
Koehler Kurt
Bach Klaus J.
Do Diep
IMKO Micromodultechnik GmbH
Strecker Gerard R.
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