Two-part sensor with transformer power coupling and optical sign

Details Two-part sensor with transformer power coupling and optical sign Two-part sensor with transformer power coupling and optical sign

1992-12-18

1994-12-06

Peng, John K.

Communications: electrical

Continuously variable indicating

Via radiant energy beam

34087029, 34087030, 34082572, 359148, 359154, G08C 1936

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active

053714962

ABSTRACT:
A two-part sensor includes a power source/signal receiver and a signal generator which are physically spaced and disconnected from one another. The power source/signal receiver is encased within transparent encapsulating material and includes an annular solenoid core with an aperture, a coil around the core and a photodiode mounted in the aperture. The photodiode detects a modulated light beam received from the signal generator and produces an output information signal. The solenoid coil produces a fluctuating magnetic field when connected to a power supply. The signal generator is encased within transparent encapsulating material and includes an annular relay coil with an aperture, a coil around the core, a transducer circuit and an LED mounted within the aperture. The relay coil provides a signal generator supply potential when positioned within the magnetic field produced by the power source/signal receiver. The supply potential powers the transducer circuit and the LED. The transducer circuit generates a modulated transducer signal as a function of a sensed parameter. The LED is coupled to the transducer circuit and produces the modulated light beam as a function of the transducer signal.

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NASA Tech Briefs, Sep. 1988, pp. 22, 24, John C. Moody et al., "Contactless Coupling for Power and Data".

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