Telemetry system for transmitting analog data over a telephone line

• US 4,238,783 A
• Filed: 06/15/1978
• Issued: 12/09/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bristol Babcock, Inc. (Emerson Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: ACCO Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Miller, Roland G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Waring, Alvin H.
• Application Number:
  US05/915,714
• Time in Patent Office: 908 Days
• Field of Search: 340/531, 340/533, 340/534, 340/658, 340/171 R, 340/172, 340/207 R, 340/347 AD, 340/347 DA, 325/113, 325/139, 325/145, 325/146, 325/149, 325/153, 325/163, 325/315, 325/320, 325/351, 325/430, 325/30, 455/110, 455/112, 455/216, 455/313, 375/45, 375/48, 375/80
• US Class Current: 340/870.26
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 14/006 Angle modulation

Abstract

An FSK receiver for a single channel analog telemetry system comprises an FSK demodulator, a frequency multiplier, and a frequency-to-voltage converter. An FSK transmitter comprises a voltage-to-frequency converter, a frequency divider, and an FSK tone generator. The principal advantages of this system are greater speed due to faster settling time and reduced errors in accuracy and linearity.

Claims

1. A receiving system for a single channel analog telemetry system comprising:

an FSK demodulator responsive to a transmitted FSK signal for producing therefrom a frequency modulated information-containing signal containing a range of frequencies;

a frequency multiplier responsive to the output of said FSK demodulator for multiplying the frequencies of said demodulator output to produce therefrom an intermediate frequency signal whose frequencies are higher than the frequencies of the demodulator output; and

a frequency-to-amplitude converter responsive to the output of said frequency multiplier for producing an analog output signal.

2. A receiving system according to claim 1 wherein said frequency multiplier comprises a phase locked feedback loop.

3. A receiving system according to claim 1 wherein said frequency multiplier comprises:

a phase lock detector responsive to the output of said FSK demodulator for driving a voltage controlled oscillator;

a voltage controlled oscillator responsive to said phase lock detector for producing an intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is in a predetermined frequency range higher than the frequency range of the demodulator output; and

a frequency divider responsive to the output of said voltage controlled oscillator for feeding back to the phaselock detector a divided intermediate frequency signal in such a manner as to tend toward zero error between the input to the detector and the divided oscillator output.

5. The receiving system of any one of claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the frequency of said intermediate signal is approximately 100 times greater than the frequency of the demodulator output.

4. A transmitting system for a single channel analog telemetry system comprising:

an amplitude-to-frequency converter responsive to an analog input signal for generating in response thereto a modulated intermediate frequency FM signal containing a range of frequencies;

a frequency divider responsive to the output of said amplitude-to-frequency converter for dividing down the frequencies of said intermediate frequency signal to produce an FSK keying signal whose frequencies are lower than the frequencies of the amplitude-to-frequency converter output; and

an FSK tone transmitter responsive to the output of said frequency divider for generating an FSK tone signal transmittable over a telephone line.

6. The transmitting system of claim 4 wherein the frequency of said lower frequency FSK keying signal is approximately 100 times smaller than that of said intermediate frequency signal.

7. A telemetry system comprising:

a amplitude-to-frequency converter responsive to a input signal for generating a modulated intermediate frequency FM signal in response thereto;

a frequency divider responsive to the output of said amplitude-to-frequency converter for dividing down said intermediate frequency signal to a lower frequency FSK keying signal;

an FSK tone transmitter responsive to the output of said frequency divider for generating an FSK tone signal transmittable over a telephone line;

an FSK demodulator responsive to a transmitted FSK signal for producing a frequency modulated information-containing signal therefrom;

a frequency multiplier responsive to the output of said FSK demodulator for producing therefrom an intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is higher than the frequency of the demodulator output; and

a frequency-to-amplitude converter responsive to the output of said frequency multiplier for producing an analog output signal.

8. The telemetry system of claim 7 wherein said frequency multiplier comprises:

a phase lock detector responsive to the output of said FSK demodulator for driving a voltage controlled oscillator;

a voltage controlled oscillator responsive to said phase lock detector for producing an intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is in a predetermined frequency range higher than the frequency range of the demodulator output; and

a frequency divider responsive to the output of said voltage controlled oscillator for feeding back to the phase lock detector a divided intermediate frequency signal in such a manner as to tend toward zero error between the input to the detector and the divided oscillator output.

9. The telemetry system of either claim 7 or claim 8 wherein said frequency divider divides down said intermediate frequency signal by a factor of about 100 and said frequency multiplier multiplies the frequency of the demodulator output by a factor of about 100.