Patent ID: 8661881
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: F01D,F05D,G05B,H03M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A hub unit adapted for use in a monitoring system for monitoring engine performance parameters of a gas turbine engine while operating, the monitoring system comprising sensors mounted on the engine for sensing the engine performance parameters and generating analog sensor outputs, the hub unit comprising: a housing; a control circuit board and at least one signal conditioning circuit board within the housing, the signal conditioning circuit board being adapted to receive the analog sensor outputs from the sensors, the control circuit board being connected to the signal conditioning circuit board and adapted to produce digital data corresponding to the analog sensor outputs, the control circuit board and the signal conditioning circuit board comprising electrical circuit components that define an analog signal processing path and have accuracy and precision characteristics that drift in response to component aging and to changes in the temperature to which the hub unit is subjected; and means for performing a continuous calibration scheme by periodically applying a reference voltage and a zero voltage to the signal conditioning circuit board to determine and remove errors in the analog signal processing path resulting from the drifts of the electrical circuit components of the control circuit board and the signal conditioning circuit board.