Measuring and testing – Instrument mechanism or transmission
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-30
2008-09-30
Noland, Thomas P (Department: 2856)
Measuring and testing
Instrument mechanism or transmission
Reexamination Certificate
active
07428851
ABSTRACT:
A sensor array for measuring various parameters in a machine environment, the sensor array comprising a number of oscillators, each of the oscillators comprising a feedback network, an amplifier and a limiter being connected together in a loop. The feedback network has a frequency which varies with the parameters to be measured. The amplifier consumes a current from a current supply and in cooperation with the feedback network produces a signal that alternates at the natural frequency of the feedback network. The limiter limits the amplitude of the signal within a predetermined amplitude range. All of the signals from the oscillators are multiplexed onto the output of the sensor array. Frequency analysis may then used to isolate the individual readings from each of the oscillators.
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Fay Kaplun & Marcin LLP
Noland Thomas P
Universite de Sherbrooke
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