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Process for transmitting signals between two elements and device for carrying out said process

US4935738A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 26, 1988
Grant dateJun 19, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08C19/24
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided wherein there is associated with each value of a measurement of a parameter such as pressure, for transmission through an electromagnetic coupling device, a time duration or period which is a function of the measured value. A first, start signal of relatively short duration is transmitted and thereafter, at the end of a period which is a function of the parameter, a second, ending signal of relatively short duration is transmitted. A receiving device which is responsive to said signals, measures the elapsed time between them, i.e., measures the length of the intervening period, and converts this measurement into a measure of the parameter.

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