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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1987
Randy J Longsdorf, Chaska, MN (US);
Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A threshold detection circuit for improving the output of a two-wire transmitter is disclosed. The transmitter comprises a sensing means which has a sensor responsive to a parameter to be sensed by the transmitter and an excitation means which provides an excitation output to excite the sensor. A threshold detection circuit is coupled to the sensor output and provides a detector output representative of an undesired change in excitation output which can produce a sensor output not substantially representative of the sensed parameter. An output means is coupled to the sensor output and detector output and provides the transmitter output as a function of the sensor output and detector output. A distinctive transmitter output representative of an undesired change in excitation output thus detected is provided, thereby improving the transmitter output.