US 11,669,062 B2
Generator output signal monitoring and conditioning
Patrick Troy Gray, Cedar Park, TX (US); Gerald Dale Morrison, Redmond, WA (US); Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Leander, TX (US); and Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Belton, TX (US)
Assigned to SIGMASENSE, LLC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by SIGMASENSE, LLC., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,703.
Application 17/460,703 is a continuation of application No. 16/856,813, filed on Apr. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,188,043.
Application 16/856,813 is a continuation of application No. 16/355,922, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,671,034, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0389740 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 13/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H02P 23/14 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 15/02 (2013.01) [H02P 23/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A generator system with electric power signal conditioning and drive-sense circuit (DSC) sensing
a generator, wherein, when enabled, the generator operably coupled to output an output electric power signal;
an electric power conditioning module operably coupled to receive the electrical power signal and to generate a conditioned output electric power signal, wherein, when enabled, the electric power conditioning module operably coupled and configured to perform one or more adaptation operations on the output electrical power signal to generate the conditioned output electric power signal based on control signaling provided by one or more processing modules;
a drive-sense circuit (DSC) operably coupled as a sensor to monitor the conditioned output electric power signal, wherein, when enabled, the DSC operably coupled and configured to:
sense the conditioned output electric power signal via a single line;
detect an effect on the conditioned output electric power signal that is based on at least one of an electrical characteristic of the generator or the one or more adaptation operations that is performed on the output electrical power signal by the electric power conditioning module in accordance with generating the conditioned output electric power signal; and
generate a digital signal representative of the at least one of the electrical characteristic of the generator or the one or more adaptation operations; and
memory that stores operational instructions; and
the one or more processing modules operably coupled to the electric power conditioning module, the DSC, and the memory, wherein, when enabled, the one or more processing modules is configured to execute the operational instructions to:
receive the digital signal representative of the at least one of the electrical characteristic of the generator or the one or more adaptation operations; and
process the digital signal to determine information regarding at least one of one or more operational conditions of the generator or the one or more adaptation operations.