Galvanic isolation coupling of current loop
US6265724A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C23/04
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A galvanic isolation coupling of a current loop comprising an operational amplifier (A1) as a part of the current loop and an optoisolator (1) comprising two receivers. The isolation coupling also comprises a resistance (R1) that is connected in series to be a part of the current loop together with the operational amplifier (A1) and a transmitting LED (LED1) of the optoisolator, whereby the current loop is closed via the cathode of the transmitting LED (LED1), the coupling further comprising a zener diode (Z) and a capacitor (C1) connected in parallel and arranged between the positive and the negative voltage feed points of the operational amplifier, a photodiode (LED2) whose anode is coupled to the operational amplifier output (A1out) and the cathode to the cathode of the transmitting LED (LED1), a resistance (R2) whose first pole is coupled to a first pole (3) of the resistance (R1) and a second pole is coupled to the negative input (Uin-) of the operational amplifier, whereby the cathode of a first receiving PIN diode (PIN1) of the optoisolator (1) is coupled to the negative input (Uin-) of the operational amplifier and the anode is coupled to the cathode of the transmitting LED…
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