Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radar level gauge system with reduced antenna reflection
- Patent Title (中): 雷达液位计系统,减少天线反射
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Application No.: US13659021Application Date: 2012-10-24
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Publication No.: US08970424B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Olov Edvardsson
- Applicant: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Current Assignee: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Westman, Champlin Koehler, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01F23/284
- IPC: G01F23/284 ; G01S13/08 ; G01S7/02 ; G01F23/00 ; G01S13/00

Abstract:
A radar level gauge system for determining a filling level in a tank. The radar level gauge system comprises a transceiver, a horn antenna having a first opening connected to the transceiver and a second opening facing a surface of the product in the tank, and processing circuitry connected to the transceiver for determining the filling level based on an electromagnetic surface reflection signal. The horn antenna is configured in such a way that an electrical distance from the first opening to the second opening, along a path defined by an intersection between a wall of the horn antenna and a half-plane starting from and extending in parallel with a cone axis of the horn antenna, is different for different orientations of the half-plane with respect to the cone axis. Hereby, disturbance from an antenna reflection signal can be reduced, which provides for improved measurement of high filling levels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140111371A1 RADAR LEVEL GAUGE SYSTEM WITH REDUCED ANTENNA REFLECTION Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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