Binary digitizer circuit for voltages developed across induction coil
US4972095A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 6, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P3/4802
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pulse shaper is disclosed which shapes a vehicle speed signal developed by a tachometer and pulsating with a frequency which is proportional to a vehicle speed into a rectangular wave pulse. A reference potential line is biased above a common potential. The vehicle speed signal has its level clamped to a range from 0.6 V below to 0.6 V above the potential of the reference potential line. A first IC comparator digitizes the clamped speed signal into a binary form around the potential of the reference potential line. When the reference potential line becomes short-circuited to the common potential. The clamped vehicle speed signal which is applied to the inverting input of the first comparator reduces below the common potential, giving rise to the likelihood of an erroneous pulse. A second IC comparator then detects a reduction in the potential of the reference potential line to constrain the output of the first comparator to an L level, preventing an erroneous pulse from being delivered.
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