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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1991
Alfred Forster, Schwandorf, DE;
Robert Schwarz, Freudenberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Abstract
The transmitting pulse required to operate an ultrasonic proximity switch is usually generated externally in separate evaluation electronics. This requires additional circuitry, either analog or digital circuits, or a microprocessor and associated software. In the case of ultrasonic proximity switches, which have an integrated circuit with transmitting oscillator, the generation of the transmitting pulse is performed by additional means provided on the integrated circuit for generating a transmitting clock pulse. By means of a control signal, it is possible to select between the operation with this transmitting clock pulse and a transmitting clock pulse supplied externally by the evaluation electronics.