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Method and device for liquid level measurement by means of radar radiation

US6414625B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 2000
Grant dateJul 2, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/88
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring a level in a receptacle using radar. Via an aerial (1) directed down into the receptacle, an electromagnetic wave is transmitted and a reflected and time-delayed wave is received, the level being calculated from the time delay. Via one and the same aerial (1) at least two waves are transmitted and received, which are mutually distinguishable by a detectable characteristic for each wave. The device according to the invention is characterized in that connected to the aerial (1) is at least one further radar measuring channel (3; 4), the radar waves of which are mutually distinguishable and distinguishable from the radar wave used in a first radar measuring channel.

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