Electronic thermometer
US4030363A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01K2219/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic thermometer providing an improved means for controlling temperature readout. The thermometer incorporates analog-to-digital conversion utilizing a pulse width modulation technique. The temperature of a patient is taken for a given time interval and the last reading thereof is held for another given time interval. An adjustable oscillator provides clock pulses to a frequency divider one output of which triggers a saw tooth generator and other outputs of which are coupled to a decoder driving the display. The saw tooth generator provides an input to a reference comparator and a temperature measurement comparator the former of which receives a reference voltage and the latter of which receives a temperature sensitive voltage derived from circuitry which includes a thermistor. The outputs from the comparators are coupled through a hold-release circuit utilized to prevent erroneous readings due to premature release of an off-on switch, with the output from the hold-release circuit being coupled to the counter-display decoder to control the number of pulses therefrom fed through drivers to the digital readout display. The patient's temperature is continually displayed for a…
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