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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Daniel George Bartoli, Peterborough, CA;
Robert Campbell Brown, Peterborough, CA;
Daniel George Bartoli, Peterborough, CA;
Robert Campbell Brown, Peterborough, CA;
Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments, Inc., Peterborough, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An digital interface and receiver for time-of-flight level measurement and pulse-echo ranging systems. The level measurement device comprises a controller, a transducer, a transmitter stage, an interface, and a digital receive signal processing module. The transmitter is operatively coupled to the transducer and responsive to the controller for emitting energy pulses directed at the surface of a material contained in a vessel. The interface is operatively coupled to the transducer and includes an analog-to-digital converter for digitizing the energy pulses reflected by the surface. The digital receive signal processing module comprises a plurality of program components for processing the digitized echo pulses and determining a level measurement for the material contained in the vessel.