WO1987001536A1 - Recepteur-processeur - Google Patents

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WO1987001536A1
WO1987001536A1 PCT/AU1986/000255 AU8600255W WO8701536A1 WO 1987001536 A1 WO1987001536 A1 WO 1987001536A1 AU 8600255 W AU8600255 W AU 8600255W WO 8701536 A1 WO8701536 A1 WO 8701536A1
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signal
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signal detection
antenna device
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Mark Andrew Irving
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Ici Australia Limited
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Priority to FI871606A priority patent/FI871606A0/fi
Priority to NO871865A priority patent/NO871865L/no

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/24—Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42C—AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR
    • F42C13/00—Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation
    • F42C13/04—Proximity fuzes; Fuzes for remote detonation operated by radio waves
    • F42C13/047—Remotely actuated projectile fuzes operated by radio transmission links
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/06—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart
    • H01Q21/20—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart the units being spaced along or adjacent to a curvilinear path
    • H01Q21/205—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart the units being spaced along or adjacent to a curvilinear path providing an omnidirectional coverage

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  • the present invention relates to a device for detection and onward transmission of a remotely transmitted signal. More particularly the present invention relates to a device for signal detection and transmission with reduced anisotropy.
  • Signal receivers such as inductive pick-up coils have an anisotropic reception characteristic and null conditions exist in any communication system in which the spatial orientation of the coil cannot be predetermined.
  • the null relationships of the transmitter and receiving means may be reduced by using three or more signal detection means (such as coils) in combination, however, even in such cases the incidence of null orientations is not eliminated.
  • null orientations of the signal receiver may be eliminated using three or more signal detection means and in combination therewith means for determining and summing the absolute value of the signals produced by said coils.
  • an antenna device for the receipt and onward transmission of an electromagnetically transmitted signal, said device comprising:
  • the signal detection means will be arranged such that the axes of said signal detecting means are disposed in three dimensions. For example, where there are three signal detection means it is preferred that the axes of the signal detection means do not lie in the same plane and that no two axes are parallel.
  • the axes of said signal detection means may be disposed with maximum separation.
  • a particularly convenient and useful arrangement consists of three signal detection means arranged so that their axes are orthogonal. However other arrangements, such as four signal detection means with axes in tetrahedral arrangement, may be used.
  • the nature of the signal detection means is not narrowly critical, and such components as coils and Hall effect devices may be used.
  • the nature of the signal detection means may be selected by those skilled in the art in accordance with the desired nature and frequency of the signal to be detected Preferred signal detecting means are inductive pick-up coils.
  • Said means for determining the absolute value of a signal received by a signal detection means include rectifiers.
  • Such rectifiers may include, for example, diode bridges and full wave rectifiers which may, for example, be constructed using operational amplifiers.
  • Said summing means may provide means for summing signals in one or more stages.
  • the arrangment of summing stages may be chosen as a matter of convenience in order to achieve summing of said signals.
  • the summing stages may comprise a means for summing groups of two or more outputs of the signal detection means.
  • a range of additional components may be incorporated into the said antenna device as a matter of convenience.
  • additional components selected from signal amplification means and signal filtering means.
  • Means for signal amplification and means for signal filtering may be chosen from a wide range of components known in the art in accordance with desired nature and frequency range of the output signal.
  • an antenna device as hereinbefore described which additionally comprises means for amplification of the output of each signal detection means and means for filtering each amplified signal prior to absolute value determination.
  • the present invention further provides a process of communication using a remote receiving means which process comprises:
  • the device of the present invention provides significant advantage over prior art receiving means by ensuring reliable pick-up and onward transmission of an appropriate signal in any orientation of the antenna to the incoming signal.
  • the device of the present invention may be used in a wide range of applications.
  • the device may be used as an antenna device in communication systems, security systems and remote switching or triggering systems.
  • the device is of particular use where it is required to receive and onwardly transmit a signal when the device is in a random orientation.
  • Reliable detection and onward transmission of a signal by a stationary antenna is particularly critical in the case of remote control firing systems used in blasting.
  • Such systems have been developed recently to obviate the need to use fixed signal transmission lines such as wire or explosive fuse cord to initiate firing of ignition devices in blasting detonators.
  • the use of the present invention as a means of receiving and onwardly transmitting an initiation signal for an explosive device provides increased safety and reliability in such remote firing systems.
  • Remote firing systems generally operate by transmission of an electromagnetic signal to an antenna at the site of the blasting detonator.
  • the detonator is placed in places which are difficult to reach and it is difficult to ensure a suitable orientation for signal transmission to a conventional antenna.
  • a blasting assembly for remote initiation which comprising an antenna device according to the present invention for receipt and onward transmission of a signal to a blasting detonator has the advantage of allowing random orientation of the antenna device and detonator while ensuring reliable response to the appropriate detonation signal.
  • a blasting assembly for remote explosive initiation comprising an antenna device as hereinbefore described which is in communication with a detonator.
  • a method of firing a detonator which method comprises generating an electromagnetic signal, receiving and onwardly transmitting said signal to a detonator by means of an antenna device as hereinbefore described.
  • Fig 1 is a block diagram of a first example of a device according to the present invention.
  • Fig 2 is a block diagram of a second example of a device according to the present invention.
  • Fig 3 is a block diagram of a third example of a device according to the present invention.
  • Fig 4 is a block diagram of a fourth example of a device according to the present invention.
  • Fig 5 is a block diagram of a fifth example of a device according to the present invention.
  • Fig 6 is a circuit diagram of a specific example according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig 1 there is shown one embodiment of said antenna device which comprises:
  • amplification means for amplifying the output of each coil (A 1 ,A 2 ,A 3 );
  • Fig 2 shows a block diagram in which the coil signal passes through a filter prior (F 1 ,F 2 ,F 3 ) prior to amplification and absolute value determination.
  • Fig 3 shows a block diagram of a device of an embodiment of the present invention in which the signals are received (L 1 ,L 2 ,L 3 ) and are passed through a filter before (F 1 ,F 2 ,F 3 ) and after (F 1 ,F 2 ,F 3 ) amplification stages (A 1 ,A 2 ,A 3 ).
  • Fig 4 shows a block diagram of a device of an embodiment of the present invention in which the amplified signals are summed by a summing means comprising two summing stages (S 1 ,S 2 ).
  • Fig 5 shows a block diagram of a device according to the invention in which there are four signal detecting means (L 1 ,L 2 ,L 3 ,L 4 ).
  • Fig 6 shows one possible implementation of the embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 2.
  • the receiving coils L 1 , L 2 and L 3 consist of approximately 3000 turns of copper wire on soft iron cores, having a resistance of 240 ohms and an inductance of 150 mH .
  • the component values of the device are as follows:
  • Components C 9 , R 28 , C 10 , R 29 , C 11 and R 30 act in conjunctionn with the inductance of the coils as input filtering networks denoted F 1 , F 2 and F 3 in the preferred block schematic diagram shown in Figure 2.
  • the filtering stages increase the sensitivity of the coils at the desired transmission frequency.
  • the filtering stages are followed by operational amplifiers IC 1a , IC 1b , IC 2a , IC 2b , IC 3a , IC 3b , and components R 1 , R 2 , C 1 , R 3 , R 4 , C 2 , R 10 , R 11 , R 15 , R 16 , C 3 , R 17 , and R 18 , These components act as three independent ac amplifiers which increase the input signals from coils L 1 , L 2 and L 3 to an appropriate level for the full-wave rectification stages.
  • Three full-wave rectififers denoted M 1 , M 2 and M 3 in the block diagram (Fig 2) are constructed from components IC 1c , IC 2c , IC 3c , D 1s D 2 , D 3 , D 4 , D 5 , D 6 , R 5 , R 7 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 19 , R 20 and R 21. Tne action of these components is to rectify each half cycle of the input signal so as to produce an output signal equal to the absolute magnitude of the input signal.
  • the final stage of the circuit comprises components C 4 , C 5 , C 6 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , and IC 4 is an ac summing amplifier, the output of which could, for example, be connected to the command decoding circuitry of the remote control device such as a blasting detonator.
  • Components C 7 , C 8 , R 26 25 and R 27 produce split supply voltages and a zero voltage level from a single battery B 1 .

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Abstract

Un récepteur-processeur destiné à des signaux transmis électro-magnétiquement comporte au moins trois organes de détection (L1, L2, L3) de signaux, des moyens (M1, M2, M3) permettant de déterminer la valeur absolue du signal de sortie de chaque organe de détection de signaux; et un moyen (S1) permettant de faire la somme de la valeur absolue desdits signaux de sortie des bobines. Les organes de détection peuvent comprendre des bobines d'induction ou des dispositifs à effet Hall, les axes étant agencés de manière à éviter les zones de silence dans le champ électromagnétique. Applications dans les explosions et le travail aux explosifs à distance.
PCT/AU1986/000255 1985-09-06 1986-08-29 Recepteur-processeur WO1987001536A1 (fr)

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BR8606859A BR8606859A (pt) 1985-09-06 1986-08-29 Receptor-processador
FI871606A FI871606A0 (fi) 1985-09-06 1987-04-13 Mottagarprocessor.
NO871865A NO871865L (no) 1985-09-06 1987-05-05 Mottager/behandlingsanordning.

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ES (1) ES2002741A6 (fr)
FI (1) FI871606A0 (fr)
GB (1) GB2180724B (fr)
WO (1) WO1987001536A1 (fr)
ZA (1) ZA866627B (fr)
ZW (1) ZW18386A1 (fr)

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EP1873545A3 (fr) * 1998-12-23 2008-02-13 Peter D. Jakab Scanner à résonance magnétique doté d'un dispositif électromagnétique de suivi de position et d'orientation

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GB8621198D0 (en) 1986-10-08
EP0214829A3 (fr) 1988-09-07
GB2180724A (en) 1987-04-01
ES2002741A6 (es) 1988-10-01
GB2180724B (en) 1989-08-16
ZA866627B (en) 1987-05-27
EP0214829A2 (fr) 1987-03-18
FI871606A (fi) 1987-04-13
FI871606A0 (fi) 1987-04-13
BR8606859A (pt) 1987-11-03

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