Radar level gauging with power-dependent number of measurement operations
US11385093B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S13/343
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver; a signal propagation arrangement power monitoring circuitry for determining a presently available power for operation of the radar level gauge system; and processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver and to the power monitoring circuitry, and configured to: acquire a measure indicative of the presently available power for operation of the radar level gauge system from the power monitoring circuitry; perform a set of measurement operations dependent on the presently available power for operation of the radar level gauge system, each measurement operation including controlling the transceiver to generate and transmit an electromagnetic transmit signal, to receive an electromagnetic reflection signal, and to form a measurement signal indicative of a timing relation between the transmit signal and the reflection signal; and determine the filling level based on the measurement signal formed in each of the measurement operations in the set of measurement operations.
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