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Digital programmable timing device

US4181962A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Filing dateFeb 27, 1978
Grant dateJan 1, 1980
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01P3/486
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A digital programmable timing device to control the acquisition of data by a computer from high response probes in periodic flows. Synchronized sampling of probe measurements uses a phase-locked-loop and counting circuits so that the moment of A/D conversion always corresponds to a programmable displacement of a stationary probe with respect to moving rotor blades independent of RPM. The rotor speed also is measured digitally in one revolution of the rotor shaft.

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