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US 12,009,913 B2Granted
Multiplexer device for obtaining respective measurement values from a plurality of input channels
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorFilip Ciesielski
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Abstract
A multiplexer device that is operable to generate from one or more input channels a multiplexed output signal. When generating the multiplexed output signal the multiplexing circuit is configured to encode the measurement values for the plurality of input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device into the multiplexed output signal in such a manner that respective measurement values from different ones of the plurality of input channels can be identified directly from the multiplexed output signal.
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A method of obtaining measurement values from a plurality of input channels, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a multiplexer device, a plurality of input signals representing respective measurement values from a corresponding plurality of input channels;
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- the multiplexer device processing the input signals to generate a multiplexed output signal, wherein the multiplexed output signal includes a sequence of values representing respective measurement values for one or more of the input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device,
- wherein the multiplexer device when generating the multiplexed output signal encodes the measurement values for the plurality of input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device in such a manner that respective measurement values from different ones of the plurality of input channels can be identified directly from the multiplexed output signal,
- such that it can be identified directly from the multiplexed output signal, for a particular one of the values in the sequence of values included in the multiplexed output signal representing respective measurement values for one or more of the input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device, which of the plurality of input channels the particular one of the values in the sequence of values that is included in the multiplexed output signal represents a respective measurement value for.
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A multiplexer device comprising:
- an input circuit configured to receive a plurality of input signals representing measurement values from a corresponding plurality of input channels;
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- a multiplexing circuit that is configured to alternately select between the plurality of input channels to thereby generate a multiplexed output signal, wherein the multiplexed output signal includes a sequence of values representing respective measurement values for one or more of the input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device,
- wherein when generating the multiplexed output signal the multiplexing circuit is configured to encode the measurement values for the plurality of input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device into the multiplexed output signal in such a manner that respective measurement values from different ones of the plurality of input channels can be identified directly from the multiplexed output signal,
- such that it can be identified directly from the multiplexed output signal, for a particular one of the values in the sequence of values included in the multiplexed output signal representing respective measurement values for one or more of the input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device, which of the plurality of input channels the particular one of the values in the sequence of values that is included in the multiplexed output signal represents a respective measurement value for.
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A measurement system comprising:
- a multiplexing device comprising:
- an input circuit configured to receive a plurality of input signals representing measurement values from a corresponding plurality of input channels;
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- a multiplexing circuit that is configured to alternately select between the plurality of input channels to thereby generate a multiplexed output signal, wherein the multiplexed output signal includes a sequence of values representing respective measurement values for one or more of the input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device,
- wherein when generating the multiplexed output signal the multiplexing circuit is configured to encode the measurement values for the plurality of input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device into the multiplexed output signal in such a manner that respective measurement values from different ones of the plurality of input channels can be identified directly from the multiplexed output signal,
- such that it can be identified directly from the multiplexed output signal, for a particular one of the values in the sequence of values included in the multiplexed output signal representing respective measurement values for one or more of the input channels from which input signals were provided to the multiplexer device, which of the plurality of input channels the particular one of the values in the sequence of values that is included in the multiplexed output signal represents a respective measurement value for;
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- a control unit that is external to the multiplexer device and that is operable to read out the multiplexed output signal from the multiplexer device and to determine directly from the multiplexed output signal the measurement values for the plurality of different input channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.