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  • Patent number: 6140940
    Abstract: In an assembly for signal transmission between a transmitter location and a receiver location connected to each other by a two-wire conductor an analog signal current, variable between two limit values, flows via this two-wire conductor. This signal current represents a measured variable sensed by a sensor in the transmitter location and forms the supply current necessary for operating the transmitter location. The transmitter location comprises a circuit generating a constant operating voltage for the transmitter location. Also provided in the transmitter location is a controllable current source being provided, determining the current flowing via the two-wire conductor as a function of the measured variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Endress D+ Hauser GmbH + Co.
    Inventors: Peter Klofer, Jurgen Kruger