Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PRF frequency generator for a fill level measuring device
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Application No.: US15104015Application Date: 2014-11-14
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Publication No.: US10295391B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Rolf Gluth , Winfried Mayer
- Applicant: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
- Applicant Address: DE Maulburg
- Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
- Current Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Maulburg
- Agency: Bacon&Thomas, PLLC
- Priority: DE102013114735 20131220
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/074653 WO 20141114
- International Announcement: WO2015/090769 WO 20150625
- Main IPC: G01S7/02
- IPC: G01S7/02 ; G01S13/10 ; G01S13/22 ; G01S13/28 ; G01S13/30 ; G01S13/88 ; G01S13/90 ; G01S7/282 ; G01S7/285 ; G01F23/284

Abstract:
The invention relates to a frequency generator for generating two pulse repetition frequency signals with slightly different frequencies for a radar measuring device. The frequency generator comprises an oscillator, which generates an oscillator signal, a first signal path for generating a first pulse repetition frequency signal from the oscillator signal, and a second signal path for generating a second pulse repetition frequency signal from the oscillator signal. The first signal path comprises a frequency divider or a first DDS module which is designed to generate a first frequency signal on the basis of the oscillator signal, a first mixer which is designed to upmix the first frequency signal or a signal derived therefrom to an intermediate frequency band and to generate a first intermediate frequency signal, and a first ceramic bandpass filter which is designed to filter out a selected frequency component of the first intermediate frequency signal and to generate a bandpass-filtered first intermediate frequency signal. The second signal path comprises a second DDS component which is designed to generate a second frequency signal on the basis of the oscillator signal, said second frequency signal differing from the first frequency signal by a specified frequency offset, a second mixer which is designed to upmix the second frequency signal or a signal derived therefrom to an intermediate frequency band and to generate a second intermediate frequency signal, and a second ceramic bandpass filter which is designed to filter out a selected frequency component of the second intermediate frequency signal and to generate a bandpass-filtered second intermediate frequency signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160327422A1 PRF Frequency Generator for a Fill Level Measuring Device Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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