Coupling radiant energy/electric current transducers to processors
First Claim
1. Apparatus for operatively coupling a radiant energy/electric current transducer to an electric energy processor for processing electric current coming from or going to the transducer with the aid of information about said transducer, comprising in combination:
- a removable coupling module adapted for insertion and electric current conduction between said processor and said transducer;
a memory integrated circuit in said coupling module adapted to store said information about said transducer relevant to operation of said processor;
a processor connector plug on said removable coupling module for connection of said memory integrated circuit to said processor, said coupling module separable from said processor at said processor connector plug;
a transducer connector plug on said removable coupling module, said transducer separable from said coupling module at said transducer connector plug, wherein said transducer is separable from said coupling module, and said coupling module is separable from said processor.
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Abstract
In methods and apparatus for operatively coupling a radiant energy/electric current transducer to an electric current processor, a removable coupling module is provided for insertion between that processor and that transducer. A memory integrated circuit is provided in that coupling module. Information about the transducer relevant to operation of the processor is stored in that memory integrated circuit. A processor connector plug is on the removable coupling module for the memory integrated circuit. The coupling module is separable from the processor at that processor connector plug. A transducer connector plug is on the removable coupling module. The transducer is separable from the coupling module at that transducer connector plug, wherein the transducer is separable from the coupling module and that coupling module is separable from the processor. During operation of the transducer, the stored information is obtained with the processor from the memory integrated circuit in the coupling module, and the processor is operated pursuant to that obtained information to process electric current for the transducer.
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18 Claims
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1. Apparatus for operatively coupling a radiant energy/electric current transducer to an electric energy processor for processing electric current coming from or going to the transducer with the aid of information about said transducer, comprising in combination:
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a removable coupling module adapted for insertion and electric current conduction between said processor and said transducer; a memory integrated circuit in said coupling module adapted to store said information about said transducer relevant to operation of said processor; a processor connector plug on said removable coupling module for connection of said memory integrated circuit to said processor, said coupling module separable from said processor at said processor connector plug; a transducer connector plug on said removable coupling module, said transducer separable from said coupling module at said transducer connector plug, wherein said transducer is separable from said coupling module, and said coupling module is separable from said processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Apparatus for operatively coupling a radiant energy/electric current transducer to an electric energy processor, comprising in combination:
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a removable coupling module between said processor and said transducer; a memory integrated circuit in said coupling module adapted to store information about said transducer relevant to operation of said processor; a processor connector plug on said removable coupling module for connection of said memory integrated circuit to said processor, said coupling module separable from the processor at said processor connector plug; a transducer connector plug on said removable coupling module, said transducer separable from said coupling module at said transducer connector plug, wherein said transducer is separable from said coupling module and said and said coupling module is separable from said processor; and means in said processor and said coupling module for obtaining said information from said memory integrated circuit in said coupling module and for operating said processor pursuant to said obtained information to process electric current coming from or going to said transducer through said connector plugs. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operatively coupling a radiant energy/electric current transducer to an electric current processor, comprising in combination the steps of:
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providing a removable coupling module for insertion between said processor and said transducer; providing a memory integrated circuit in said coupling module; providing said removable coupling module with a transducer connector plug accessible externally of said coupling module for connection of said transducer to said coupling module, said transducer being separable from said coupling module at said transducer connector plug; providing said removable coupling module with a processor connector plug for connection of said memory integrated circuit to said processor, said coupling module being separable from the processor at said processor connector plug; storing in said memory integrated circuit information about said transducer relevant to operation of said processor; plugging said transducer into said transducer connector plug of the removable coupling module; plugging said removable coupling module into said processor at said processor connector plug; obtaining said information with said processor through said processor connector plug from said memory integrated circuit in said coupling module; and operating said processor pursuant to said obtained information to process electric current coming from or going to said transducer through said connector plugs. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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