Scalable process transmitter

US6457367B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• ROSEMOUNT INC. · US

Inventors

• Steven M. Behm · White Bear Lake, US
• Dale Scott Davis · Prior Lake, US
• Mark Fandrey · Eden Prairie, US
• Roger L. Frick · Hackensack, US
• Robert C. Hedtke · Young America, US
• Richard L. Nelson · Chanhassen, US
• Scott Nelson · Plymouth, US
• Weston Roper · St. Louis Park, US
• Theodore Henry Schnaare · Carver, US
• John P. Schulte · Eden Prairie, US
• Mark S. Shumacher · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49002
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A scalable process transmitter architecture includes a unitized sensor module and an optional scalable transmitter. The sensor module has a sensor output that is configurable which can connect locally to a scalable transmitter module to form a transmitter, or can be wired directly to a remote receiver. The scalable transmitter can mount on the unitized sensor module and generates a scalable output for a remote receiver. The transmitter module can provide more advanced features for specific applications.