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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2004
Helmut Brockhaus, Dinslaken, DE;
Wilhelm Florin, Duisburg, DE;
Helmut Brockhaus, Dinslaken, DE;
Wilhelm Florin, Duisburg, DE;
Krohne A.G., Basel, CH;
Abstract
The magnetoinductive flowmeter measures the flow volume of a medium traveling through a measuring tube, with a magnet that serves to generate a magnetic field permeating the measuring tube that has a magnetic-field component that extends perpendicular to the direction of flow. The flowmeter also includes a first measuring electrode and a second measuring electrode for collecting a voltage induced in the medium, a reference electrode, as well as a preamplifier to which the potentials collected by the two measuring electrodes are fed. A control circuit element is provided for controlling the common-mode input voltage of the preamplifier and/or the potential span of the dynamic range of the preamplifier in such fashion that the said common-mode input voltage of the preamplifier corresponds to approximately half the maximum output voltage of the preamplifier. This concept also permits the use of preamplifiers that operate with a low supply voltage such as 0/5 V. A measuring method is also disclosed.