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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Ulrich Gaugler, Weidenbach, DE;
Horst Ziegler, Paderborn, DE;
Horst Behlen, Lippspringe, DE;
Hydrometer GmbH, Ansbach, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement for signal processing in ultrasonic transducers in flow meters has an ultrasonic transducer acted upon by a drive signal with the ultrasonic transducer being connected to a resonant circuit matched to the frequency of the drive signal. The resonant circuit can be a component of the network which makes switching over the ultrasonic transducer for transmitting operation to a receiving operation possible. An ultrasonic flow meter uses time-of-flight principle for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals and signal post-processing of the received ultrasonic signals. To make available an ultrasonic flow meter that produces an improved quality voltage signal for evaluation and at the same time makes possible a reduction of its production costs, a ringing circuit is provided. The ringing circuit may be a series ringing circuit for signal post-processing of the received ultrasonic signals connected to a comparator and using an LC-circuit, a Pi-filter or an RLC-circuit.