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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Weston Roper, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Todd M. Berge, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David G. Tyson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Brian L. Westfield, Victoria, MN (US);
Richard L. Nelson, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A modular process transmitter having a scalable EMI/RFI filtering architecture includes a unitized sensor module and a transmitter module. The unitized sensor module is adapted to operate as a stand-alone process transmitter. The transmitter module can couple to the unitized sensor module to expand the capabilities of the unitized sensor module. The unitized sensor module includes a sensor housing, a sensor circuit and a removable sensor EMI/RFI filtering circuit. The sensor circuit provides a sensor output in accordance with either a local format or a first communication protocol. The sensor EMI/RFI filtering circuit filters noise in accordance with the first communication protocol. The transmitter module includes a transmitter module housing, a communications circuit, and a transmitter module EMI/RFI filtering circuit. The communications circuit is adapted to receive the sensor output from the sensor circuit in the local format and generate a scalable output in accordance with a second communication protocol. The transmitter module EMI/RFI filtering circuit is adapted to replace the sensor EMI/RFI filtering circuit and filter noise in accordance with the second communication protocol.