Sensor connection element for a sensor system
AssigneeEndress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
InventorStefan Robl
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Abstract
The invention discloses a sensor connection element for a sensor, comprising: an energy store; a first data processing unit, with which is associated a first memory, for processing data and controlling a first wireless module; the first wireless module for transmitting/receiving data to/from a connection device; and a first inductive interface for transmitting energy from the energy store to the sensor, and for transmitting/receiving data to/from the sensor. The invention further discloses an energy-self-sufficient sensor system comprising the sensor connection element and a sensor.
Claims15
A sensor connection element for a sensor, comprising:
- an energy store;
- a first wireless module embodied to transmit and receive data to and from a connection device;
- a first data processing unit having an associated first memory, wherein the first data processing unit is configured to process data and to control the first wireless module;
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- a first inductive interface embodied to transmit energy from the energy store to a sensor and to transmit and receive data to and from the sensor.
An energy-self-sufficient sensor system, comprising:
- a sensor connection element including:
- an energy store;
- a first wireless module embodied to transmit and receive data to and from a connection device;
- a first data processing unit having an associated first memory, wherein the first data processing unit is configured to process data and to control the first wireless module;
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- a first inductive interface embodied to transmit energy from the energy store to a sensor and to transmit and receive data to and from the sensor;
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- a sensor including:
- a second inductive interface complementary to the first inductive interface;
- a measuring element for detecting a measurand of process automation technology;
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- a second data processing unit configured to transmit data dependent on the measurand via the second inductive interface to the first inductive interface of the sensor connection elements, and to receive data via the second inductive interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.