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Arrangement for the transformation of an electrical multiphase signal into a frequency

Assignee: Siemens Building Technologies AG
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Filing: 1989-03-17
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Granted: 1990-07-17
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Expires: 2009-03-17
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Abstract

Abstract An arrangement for converting a multiphase electric signal into a frequency is disclosed. Illustratively, the arrangement comprises an adder circuit for adding the individual phases comprising said multiphase signal. The arrangement also comprises one first polarity reversing switch for each phase in the multiphase signal. A voltage/current converter is connected downstream of the first polarity reversing switches. At least one second polarity reversing switch is connected downstream of the voltage/current converter. A control circuit generates a periodic switch-over signal for controlling the first and second polarity reversing switches. In addition, a constant current source is connected to an input of the second polarity reversing switch.

Inventors

  • 👤 Franz Renggli
  • 👤 Andreas Joder

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 08:03
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R21/00; G01R21/133; G01R21/14

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 95 words
An arrangement for converting a multiphase electric signal into a frequency comprising: an adder circuit for adding the phases comprising said multiphase signal, one first polarity reversing switch for each phase in said multiphase signal, at least one voltage/current converter connected downstream of said first polarity reversing switches, at least one second polarity reversing switch connected downstream of said voltage/current converter, a control circuit for generating a periodic switch-over signal for controlling said first and second polarity reversing switches, and a constant current source connected at an input of said one second polarity reversing switch.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 95 words
An arrangement for converting a multiphase electric signal into a frequency comprising: an adder circuit for adding the phases comprising said multiphase signal, one first polarity reversing switch for each phase in said multiphase signal, at least one voltage/current converter connected downstream of said first polarity reversing switches, at least one second polarity reversing switch connected downstream of said voltage/current converter, a control circuit for generating a periodic switch-over signal for controlling said first and second polarity reversing switches, and a constant current source connected at an input of said one second polarity reversing switch.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 55 words
The arrangement of claim 1, wherein an output of each of said first polarity reversing switches is connected to an input of said adder circuit, wherein said voltage/current converter is connected at an output of said adder circuit, and wherein said one second polarity reversing switch is connected at an output of said voltage/current converter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 47 words
The arrangement of claim 1 wherein said arrangement further comprises one voltage/current converter connected to each of said first polarity reversing switches and one second polarity reversing switch connected to each voltage/current converter, an output of each second polarity reversing switch being connected to said adder circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 53 words
The arrangement of claim 1 wherein one voltage/current converter is connected to each of said first polarity reversing switches, wherein an output of each voltage/current converter is connected to an input of said adder circuit and in that said one second polarity reversing switch is connected to an output of said adder circuit.

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