IP Library Granted Patent US 8,350,742
Granted Patent B2
US 8,350,742 · App. 13/030,546 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Method for digitizing an analogue signal with an analogue-digital converter of determined Shannon frequency

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Patent No.
US 8,350,742
App. No.
13/030,546
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for forming a global spectrum (Sg) of an analogue signal (A) to be digitized, in which: the analogue signal (A) is sampled with a first analogue-digital converter ( 21, 22 ) of determined Shannon frequency (Fs) so as to obtain an aliasing spectrum (Sr), the analogue signal (A) not having been previously filtered by an anti-aliasing filter; a base spectrum (Sb) is subtracted from the aliasing spectrum (Sr) so as to obtain an aliased spectrum (Sre), the base spectrum (Sb) corresponding to an aliasing-free spectrum of the said analogue signal; a dealiased spectrum (Sd) is computed on the basis of the aliased spectrum (Sre) as a function of the Shannon frequency (Fs) of the converter ( 21, 22 ); the base spectrum (Sb) is concatenated with the dealiased spectrum (Sde) so as to form the global spectrum (Sg) of the analogue signal (A).

Claims (21)

1. Method for forming a global spectrum of an analogue signal to be digitized, in which:

the analogue signal is sampled with a first analogue-digital converter of determined Shannon frequency, so as to obtain an aliasing spectrum, the analogue signal not having been previously filtered by an anti-aliasing filter;

a base spectrum is subtracted from the aliasing spectrum so as to obtain an aliased spectrum, the base spectrum corresponding to an aliasing-free spectrum of the said analogue signal;

a dealiased spectrum is computed on the basis of the aliased spectrum as a function of the Shannon frequency of the converter;

the base spectrum is concatenated with the dealiased spectrum so as to form the global spectrum of the analogue signal; method in which:

for a plurality of reference analogue signals of the same type as the analogue signal to be digitized:

an anti-aliasing filter is applied to the said reference analogue signals at the Shannon frequency;

the said reference analogue signals are sampled with a second analogue-digital converter of the same Shannon frequency as the first analogue-digital converter so as to obtain the reference spectra of the reference analogue signals;

a mean of the reference spectra is computed so as to form the base spectrum.

2. Method according to claim 1 , in which:

an anti-aliasing filter is applied to the said analogue signal at the Shannon frequency;

the said filtered analogue signal is sampled with a second analogue-digital converter of the same Shannon frequency so as to obtain the base spectrum.

3. Method according to claim 1 , in which:

the analogue signal is sampled over a first time window with a first analogue-digital converter of determined Shannon frequency so as to obtain the aliasing spectrum;

an anti-aliasing filter is applied to the said analogue signal at the Shannon frequency over a second time window;

the said filtered analogue signal is sampled with a second analogue-digital converter of the same Shannon frequency so as to obtain the base spectrum.

4. Method according to claim 3 , in which the first time window and the second time window are one and the same time window.

5. Method according to claim 3 , in which the second time window follows the first time window, the first and second time windows preferably being adjoining.

6. Method according to claim 1 , in which the analogue signal to be digitized and the plurality of reference analogue signals are measurements of an operating parameter of one and the same turboengine.

7. Method according to claim 1 , in which the analogue signal to be digitized is a measurement of an operating parameter of a determined turboengine and the plurality of reference analogue signals are measurements of an operating parameter of turboengines of the same family as the said determined turboengine.

8. Method according to claim 1 , in which the analogue signal to be digitized is a measurement of a turboengine fuel regulating parameter.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2011
From: GEREZ, VALERIO; GRIFFATON, JULIEN CHRISTIAN PASCAL
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 025835/0168 →