Fill level measurement device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10267666
APP PUB NO 20170370761A1
SERIAL NO

15543815

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The present disclosure relates to a measuring device for measuring a fill level of a material in a container based on time of flight principles, including components that serve to generate, transmit and receive a measurement signal and further serve to convert said measurement signal into an analog intermediate frequency signal having an expected signal frequency within a predetermined frequency range, said intermediate frequency signal including information corresponding to the fill level of the material in the container, wherein an analog to digital converter is provided that serves to subsequently sample the intermediate frequency signal, said analog to digital converter employing a sampling frequency less than the expected signal frequency of intermediate frequency signal.

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ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO KGHAUPTSTR 1 79689 MAULBURG 79689

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Deuber, Patrick Siebnen, CH 3 50
Seiler, Christian Neuenburg, DE 45 398

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