Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Loop-powered field device
- Patent Title (中): 环路供电现场设备
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Application No.: US12976125Application Date: 2010-12-22
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Publication No.: US08477064B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Valter Nilsson
- Applicant: Valter Nilsson
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Current Assignee: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01S13/08
- IPC: G01S13/08

Abstract:
A loop-powered field device for determining a process variable and providing a measurement signal indicative of the process variable to a remote location via a two-wire current loop, the loop-powered field device comprising: a measurement device for determining the process variable; and loop interface circuitry for providing the measurement signal to the two-wire current loop and for providing power from the two-wire current loop to the measurement device. The loop interface circuitry comprises: current control circuitry connected to the two-wire current loop and the measurement device, the current control circuitry being controllable by the measurement device to provide the measurement signal to the two-wire current loop; a first converter having inputs connected to the two-wire current loop in series with the current control circuitry, and an output for providing power to the measurement device; and voltage regulation circuitry for regulating a voltage across the current control circuitry towards a desired voltage, by controlling an input voltage across the inputs of the first converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120162003A1 LOOP-POWERED FIELD DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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