Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radar level gauge with signal division
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Application No.: US13796043Application Date: 2013-03-12
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Publication No.: US09671488B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Lars Ove Larsson , Mikael Kleman
- Applicant: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Current Assignee: Rosemount Tank Radar AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01S13/08
- IPC: G01S13/08 ; G01S7/292 ; G01F23/284 ; G01F23/00 ; G01S7/35 ; G01S13/88

Abstract:
A method for providing narrow-band interference unaffected measurement of a distance to a surface of a product kept in a tank, comprising mixing a return signal with a transmit signal to provide an intermediate frequency signal, and determining the distance, based on the intermediate frequency signal. The step of determining the distance further comprises dividing the intermediate frequency signal into a plurality of frequency portions, wherein each frequency portion corresponds to a frequency interval of the transmit signal, identifying disturbed frequency portions as frequency portions affected by narrow-band interference, and determining the distance based on frequency portions being unaffected by narrow-band interference. By dividing the IF-signal into frequency portions corresponding to frequency intervals of the transmit signal, frequency intervals where narrow-band interferences are present may be detected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140266863A1 RADAR LEVEL GAUGE WITH SIGNAL DIVISION Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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