Patent ID: 9112455
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G01F,H03F

Abstract:
1. A signal amplifying circuit used in an electromagnetic flow meter, for measuring a flow rate of a fluid that flows in a pipe, through sampling, with a sample hold circuit, after differential amplification has been performed by a signal amplifying circuit, a flow rate signal that is detected by a pair of detecting electrodes that are disposed within the pipe, and inputted through first and second flow rate signal input terminals, and for detecting, through a fault detecting circuit, a fault in the flow rate signal based on the output signal obtained from the signal amplifying circuit, the signal amplifying circuit comprising: a single-chip-type instrumentation amplifier with an FET input, with one input terminal connected to the first flow rate signal input terminal, and the other input terminal connected to the second flow rate signal input terminal, which outputs, to the sample hold circuit from the output terminal, an amplified output signal obtained through performing differential amplification on the flow rate signal; a first buffer amplifier wherein a non-inverting input terminal is connected to the first flow rate signal input terminal, and the inverting input terminal is connected to its own output terminal, which outputs, from the output terminal to the fault detecting circuit, a first output signal that is produced; a second buffer amplifier wherein a non-inverting input terminal is connected to the second flow rate signal input terminal, and the inverting input terminal is connected to its own output terminal, which outputs, from the output terminal to the fault detecting circuit, a second output signal that is produced; a first guard ring pattern that is connected to an output terminal of the first buffer amplifier, formed on the circuit board so as to encompass a first interconnection pattern, on the circuit board, that connects the first flow rate signal input terminal and the non-inverting input terminal of the first buffer; and a second guard ring pattern that is connected to an output terminal of the second buffer amplifier, formed on the circuit board so as to encompass a second interconnection pattern, on the circuit board, that connects the second flow rate signal input terminal and the non-inverting input terminal of the second buffer.