US 11,940,474 B2
Measuring device
Martin Jankowski, Seelze (DE)
Assigned to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/286,809
Filed by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077570
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/083664, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018/5742 (BE), filed on Oct. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0356500 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G01R 19/25 (2006.01); G01R 1/20 (2006.01); G01R 19/252 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 19/252 (2013.01) [G01R 1/206 (2013.01); G01R 19/2516 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measuring device for measuring a physical variable with:
a converter configured to convert an input variable present at a measurement input into a measurement signal and to provide the same as an output variable;
a processing unit configured to process the output variable of the converter; and
a signal generator, configured to generate a test signal on a basis of a specification, wherein the test signal corresponds to an output variable of the converter and an input variable of the converter corresponding to the specification;
wherein the processing unit is configured to be connected, via a switching element, either to the converter or to the signal generator.