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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Adam Albrecht, Nuremberg, DE;
Adam Albrecht, Nuremberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
A device for power measurement for the purposes of plausibility checking and/or calibration of a primary power measurement device on a power amplifier of a magnetic resonance device is provided. The device includes a circulator arranged between an output of the power amplifier and a switching device for connection of the power amplifier to a transmit antenna. A first input of the circulator is connected to the output of the power amplifier, a second input of the circulator is connected to the switching device, and a third input of the circulator is connected to a secondary power measurement device configured for measurement of a signal reflected on the open switching device or the transmit antenna.