Abstract: An antenna assembly for a level radar for detecting a topology of a filling material surface is provided. For example, the antenna assembly comprises antenna elements which are designed and/or configured to transmit and/or receive the electromagnetic measurement signal. The distances between adjacent elements are non-equidistant with respect to one another, and the minimum distance between two elements can correspond to one half of a wavelength of the electromagnetic measurement signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to measuring devices or display devices and a method for operating these devices, in particular instruments for level measurement, for level detection, for detecting the topology of a product surface or for displaying the measured values of these instruments. A measuring device or display device has an RFID unit. The RFID unit is set up to exchange data with a memory on an external command from an external communication device, to switch a controllable switch on and off, and/or to transfer energy to an energy storage device.

Abstract: A radar fill level measurement device for fill level measurement or for recording a topology of a filling material surface in a container is provided, including: a circuit board including a first radar chip on a first circuit board surface and a second radar chip on a second circuit board surface, the first chip and the second chip each including one or more transmission channels configured to generate a transmission signal, and one or more reception channels configured to receive the transmission signal reflected at the filling material surface, at least one of the transmission channels of the first chip being connected, via a first line, to an antenna assembly for radiating the transmission signal, and at least one of the reception channels of the second adar chip being connected, via a second line, to the antenna assembly for receiving the reflected transmission signal.

Abstract: A fill level radar device for fill level measurement in accordance with the reflectometer method is provided, including a control circuit that is designed for changing the number of steps, the frequency spacings between the individual steps, the durations of the individual steps, the width of the frequency band, the frequency of the lowest step and/or the frequency of the highest step. The operating sequence can be optimised thereby.

Abstract: A fill level radar device including a signal source assembly, an operating parameter determination circuit and an operating parameter adjustment circuit that is designed to change a sweep parameter of a continuous wave transmission signal on the basis of a characteristic variable of a measurement environment or measurement sequence that is input by the user or detected by the measurement device.

Abstract: A fill level radar device including a transmission-power adjustment apparatus which is configured to adjust the power of the transmission signal depending on the frequency of the transmission signal in accordance with a predefinable correlation. As a result, frequency-dependent absorption changes in the filling material atmosphere can be compensated for by the device.

Abstract: A radar level measurement device for level measurement or for determining a topology of a filling material surface in a container is provided, including a first radar chip and a second radar chip, the first radar chip including a first synchronisation circuit configured to generate a radio-frequency signal, and the second radar chip including a second synchronisation circuit; and a radio-frequency line assembly configured to transmit the radio-frequency signal from the first synchronisation circuit to the second synchronisation circuit to synchronise the first and the second radar chips, the radio-frequency line assembly including two or more different line types arranged in series with one another.

Abstract: A radar measurement device with at least one transmitter to emit electromagnetic waves, the at least one transmitter being arranged inside a housing. The radar measurement device is intended to be securely and lastingly attachable to a flexible wall. For this purpose, at least a portion of the housing has an elastically deformable design. Furthermore, the arrangement of a radar measurement device to a fillable container is described.

Abstract: A radar level indicator comprising a processor, an analogue-digital converter circuit and an intermediate memory connected therebetween. The intermediate memory is configured to receive digital signals from the analogue-digital converter circuit at a first data rate. The processor is configured to read out the intermediate memory at a second data rate that is different from the first data rate. It is thus possible to reduce the transmission time while maintaining the same energy requirement.

Abstract: A measuring device which detects a parameter includes at least one communication device which is arranged for wireless short-range communications with a mobile operating device. The communication device includes one or more two-dimensionally formed coil elements arranged for electromagnetic coupling with at least one coil element of the operating device. At least two regions are provided on a coil element or on different coil elements of the communication device, which have a different normal vector.

Abstract: A radar sensor device including a first radar sensor arrangement configured to measure a fill level of a medium in a container and a second radar sensor arrangement configured to monitor an environment of the radar sensor outside the container.

Abstract: A FMCW fill level radar device including a control circuit for temporarily shifting, during the measuring phase, one component of the transceiver circuit into a state having reduced power consumption, resulting in the measurement being interrupted. This results in the total power consumption of the fill level radar device being reduced such that energy can be accumulated in the device, after which the measuring phase is continued.

Abstract: A radar level measurement device for level measurement or for determining a topology of a filling material surface in a container is provided, including a first radar chip and a second radar chip, the first radar chip including a first synchronisation circuit configured to generate a radio-frequency signal, and the second radar chip including a second synchronisation circuit; and a radio-frequency line assembly configured to transmit the radio-frequency signal from the first synchronisation circuit to the second synchronisation circuit to synchronise the first and the second radar chips, the radio-frequency line assembly including two or more different line types arranged in series with one another.

Abstract: A fill level measuring device for measuring a fill level of a container including a fill level measuring circuit that measures a filling level of a container, at least one transmitter/receiver that communicates with data processing circuitry, at least one fastener that fastens the fill level measuring device to a surface of the container, at least one monitoring circuit that monitors a fastening of the fill level measuring device to the container by the at least one fastener, the monitoring circuit further transmits an alarm message to the data processing circuitry via the transmitter/receiver when the monitoring circuit detects a loosening of the fastening of the fill level measuring device from the container.

Abstract: A level radar device with adaptive, angle-dependent transmission power adjustment, which calculates the maximum permissible transmission power of the transmitted signal on the basis of the radiation direction of the transmitted signal and the radiation characteristic of an antenna.

Abstract: A level measuring instrument is provided, including a microwave integrated circuit in a form of a radar system on chip with several transmission channels, each configured to generate a high-frequency transmission signal, and one or more receiving channels, each configured to receive reflected signals from a product surface; a noise level reduction device configured to increase a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal, which relates to the reflected signals from the product surface, by averaging results of several measurements carried out in succession in time; and/or a signal level increasing device configured to combine two of the several transmission channels to produce a combined transmission signal with increased power and/or to combine two of the receiving channels to produce a combined reception signal with increased power. A method for measuring a level of a medium in a container or a surface topology of the medium is also provided.

Abstract: A fill level measurement device is provided, including a first radar chip and a second radar chip that is synchronised with the first radar chip, the first and second chips each include one or more transmission channels, each configured to radiate a transmission signal, and one or more reception channels, each configured to receive a reflected transmission signal from a filling material surface; an evaluation circuit, connected to the first and second chips by a data line assembly and being configured to calculate a fill level and/or a topology of the filling material surface of a medium in a container from reflected transmission signals received from the first and second chips; and a clock line assembly that connects the first chip to the circuit and is configured to provide the circuit with a common clock signal for evaluating the reflected transmission signals received from the first and second chips.

Abstract: Radar measuring device for factory automation and/or logistics automation with a supply unit for supplying downstream units with energy, a communication unit for receiving data from a superordinate unit and for transmitting data of the measuring device to the superordinate unit, an evaluation and control unit for the control of a downstream high-frequency unit and for the evaluation of measurement data determined by the high-frequency unit, whereby the communication unit is designed as a single-drop interface.

Abstract: Described herein is a gateway for sensor data forwarding, including first communication circuitry adapted to receive sensor data from at least one sensor data source, processing circuitry connected to the first communication circuitry and adapted to collect and buffer the sensor data and to execute programs, which map a communication protocol, second communication circuitry connected to the processing circuitry and arranged for transmitting the collected and buffered sensor data, wherein the processing circuitry is arranged to switch on the second communication circuitry for transmitting the collected data and to switch the second communication circuitry off after transmitting the collected data.

Abstract: A reflection microwave barrier for monitoring a limit level in at least one working area by outputting a switching signal. The reflection microwave barrier including a microwave transmitter for continuously emitting a time modulated microwave signal, a microwave receiver arranged on the same side of the at least one working area as the microwave transmitter to receive a reflection of the microwave signal, and a control circuitry communicating with the microwave receiver for a detection and monitoring of echo signals in the received reflection of the microwave signal. The control circuitry calculates the runtime of an echo signal), when the amplitude of the echo signal rises or increases. Furthermore, the control circuitry determines by the calculated runtime, whether an origin of the echo signal lies within the at least one working area, and only outputs the switching signal in this case.