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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Rosemount Tank Radar Ab, Mölnlycke, SE;
ROSEMOUNT TANK RADAR AB, Göteborg, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a field device adapted to determine a process parameter value related to a tank, the field device comprising a terminal block with: a first interface configured to connect to two wires of a loop; a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor for connecting the first interface with field device electronics, the second electrical conductor having a voltage drop generating element; a first power supply conductor connected to said second electrical conductor upstream of the voltage drop generating element and a second power supply conductor connected to said second electrical conductor downstream of the voltage drop generating element; and a second, auxiliary interface adapted for wired connection to an external device and configured at least for communication with said external device, wherein the second auxiliary interface comprises a communications connector which is galvanically isolated from the field device electronics.