Weighing apparatus including digitalization error correcting means
US4189017A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1978 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G7/045
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved weighing apparatus of the electromagnetic load compensation type is disclosed, including a correction loop connected between the output terminal of the synchronizer and the input terminal of the pulse length modulator for varying the regulated load signal from the PID regulator to produce a corrected regulated load signal which compensates for digitalization errors produced by the synchronizer. In one embodiment, the correction loop includes an integrator circuit for superposing on the regulated load signal an inverted integrated error voltage the magnitude of which is a function of the operation of the synchronizer relative to the mark signals. In a second embodiment, the correction loop includes an integrator circuit that periodically applies to the regulated load signal a constant reference voltage of opposite polarity. Preferably, the reference voltage is applied simultaneously with the periods of supply of the compensation current.
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