Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic flow measurement system including a signal generator exciting the transducers and a phase differentiator
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Application No.: US16622011Application Date: 2017-06-12
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Publication No.: US11243558B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Axel Kleinitz , Richard Dalby
- Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Burr & Forman, LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/064259 WO 20170612
- International Announcement: WO2018/228658 WO 20181220
- Main IPC: G06F1/04
- IPC: G06F1/04 ; G01F1/66 ; G06F1/08

Abstract:
An ultrasonic flow measurement system may include a signal generator configured to generate a first excitation signal for a first ultrasonic transducer and a second excitation signal for a second, different ultrasonic transducer. The system may further include a phase differentiator configured to generate a differential phase angle signal indicative of a difference in phase angle between first and second receive signals received from the first and second transducers which is indicative of flow rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200209030A1 Ultrasonic Flow Measurement Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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