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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1993
John Dimeff, San Jose, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A circuit for generating a linear current proportional to the displacement of the movable member of a transducer receives an undetermined supply voltage from a monitoring circuit which has a relatively high internal resistance. The circuit is provided with two parallel current paths with one path including a resistive potentiometer strip and other path including a transistor and resistor connected in series. The movable member of the transducer has an electrical contact member attached thereto with the contact member having one end making contact with the resistive potentiometer strip and with the other end thereof making contact with a conductive strip which is connected to the gate of the transistor so that the current drawn by the circuit will be linearly related to the movement of the movable member.