Sensor arrangement for sensing e.g. temperature, has communication unit connected with sensor, where sensor and unit are indirectly or directly supplied with electricity by primary cell and energy converter device

• Main Authors: BUFF, WERNER, MARQUARDT, HANS-ULRICH, BINHACK, MICHAEL, SCHULZE, TINO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 16.10.2008
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT; MEASURING; MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; PHYSICS; SELECTING; SIGNALLING; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS

The arrangement has a sensor (1) determining a parameter (G) e.g. temperature, and a communication unit (2) connected with the sensor for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data (D). The sensor and the communication unit are indirectly or directly supplied with electricity (E1, E2) by a primary cell (3) and the energy converter device. An energy converter device (4) converts an energy form e.g. solar energy, into the electricity (E2). A power supply is switched by the primary cell or a energy storage (5) based on actual power requirements and a current charge of the energy storage. Die Erfindung betrifft eine Sensoranordnung, umfassend mindestens einen Sensor (1) zur Erfassung mindestens einer Größe (G), mit dem Sensor (1) verbunden eine Kommunikationseinheit (2) zum Senden und/oder Empfangen von Daten (D), mindestens eine Primärzelle (3) und mindestens eine Energiewandlereinrichtung (4) zur Umwandlung einer Energieform in elektrische Energie (E2), wobei der Sensor (1) und die Kommunikationseinheit (2) von mindestens einer der Primärzellen (3) und/oder mindestens einer der Energiewandlereinrichtungen (4) mit elektrischer Energie (E1, E2) mittelbar oder unmittelbar versorgbar sind.