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Analog to frequency convertor

US4124821A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1977
Grant dateNov 7, 1978
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Expiry dateAug 15, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/506
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An analog to frequency convertor for developing an output signal of frequency proportional to a measuring current or voltage by the charge quantity compensation method, comprising an integrator, a threshold switch downstream thereof, a compensating charge transmitter which supplies a constant compensating charge to a capacitor of the integrator each time the threshold switch responds, and a control circuit to generate a periodic digital polarity signal which controls the polarity of the measuring current or voltage and of the compensating charge transmitter and always changes its logic value at the same level of the output voltage of the integrator.

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