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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon L. Hamilton, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Peter Allstrom, Attleboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/00 ; G01L 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/00 ; G01L 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method and system comprising providing a plurality of control signals, the control signals having one or more on periods that do not coincide with the on periods of the other control signals and a first frequency at which the one or more on periods are repeated, the method and system also including driving a plurality of process measurement transducers in response to the control signals by selectively coupling the transducers to ground, and capturing the output of the process measurement transducers within the one or more on periods of the control signals.