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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alvin E Brown, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dieterich Technology Holding Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ; H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 17 ; 7386127 ; 7386128 ; 331 65 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a voltage controlled oscillator (20) in an ultrasonic flow meter (18) includes a comparator (28) for comparing a received signal to an estimate signal, to form an early-late signal (32). The early-late signal (32) is received by a counter (36) to form a count signal (38). A digital to analog converter (42) receives the count signal (38) and converts it to a control voltage output (40) that is coupled to the voltage controlled oscillator (20).