In a method for monitoring a rotation of a compressor wheel of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, which compressor wheel has on the peripheral side a number n of blades, an inductive sensor is provided for detecting the speed or rotational frequency, which sensor produces at least one output signal as a function of eddy currents generated as the blades pass by, and the rotational speed of the compressor wheel is inferred from a fundamental frequency of the output signal. In addition, information about a fault of the compressor wheel is derived from at least one modulation of the output signal, e.g., amplitude modulation, and an imbalance of the compressor wheel is detected.

In a method for monitoring a rotation of a compressor wheel of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, which compressor wheel has on the peripheral side a number n of blades, an inductive sensor is provided for detecting the speed or rotational frequency, which sensor produces at least one output signal as a function of eddy currents generated as the blades pass by, and the rotational speed of the compressor wheel is inferred from a fundamental frequency of the output signal. In addition, information about a fault of the compressor wheel is derived from at least one modulation of the output signal, e.g., amplitude modulation, and an imbalance of the compressor wheel is detected.

A turbocharger rotation detector includes an oscillator circuit that includes a coil generating a magnetic field inducing an eddy current in blades of a compressor wheel and outputs as a detection signal an AC signal having an amplitude varying with approach and recession of the blades, a first detector circuit for detecting, of the detection signal, a signal component of a positive voltage higher than a reference potential, a second detector circuit for detecting, of the detection signal, a signal component of a negative voltage lower than the reference potential, a first interrupter circuit that, of an output signal of the first detector circuit, interrupts a DC component, a second interrupter circuit that, of an output signal of the second detector circuit, interrupts a DC component, and a differential amplifier circuit to which the signals passing through the first and second interrupter circuits are input.

A turbocharger rotation detector includes an oscillator circuit that includes a coil generating a magnetic field inducing an eddy current in blades of a compressor wheel and outputs as a detection signal an AC signal having an amplitude varying with approach and recession of the blades, a first detector circuit for detecting, of the detection signal, a signal component of a positive voltage higher than a reference potential, a second detector circuit for detecting, of the detection signal, a signal component of a negative voltage lower than the reference potential, a first interrupter circuit that, of an output signal of the first detector circuit, interrupts a DC component, a second interrupter circuit that, of an output signal of the second detector circuit, interrupts a DC component, and a differential amplifier circuit to which the signals passing through the first and second interrupter circuits are input.

The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for controlling a turbine engine that includes measuring, by a speed sensor, waveforms indicative of a speed of a rotating machine. Receiving the waveforms from the speed sensor and providing data representing the waveforms to a first signal path and to a second signal path, wherein the second signal path is isolated from the first signal path such that data communications at the second signal path do not interfere with communications on the first signal path. Controlling, responsive to the data received along the first signal path, one or more operations of the rotating machine. Storing, the data received along the second signal path, individual samples of the data in association with a respective timestamp indicating a time that the data was received.

Pulse wheel and system for determining the speed of a vehicle based on a revolution measurement of a wheel of the vehicle. The wheel has a wheel axle which is fixed to a frame of the vehicle and a hub which rotates thereon. A brake disc is connected to the hub. A pulse wheel is attached in a rotationally fixed manner in relation to the hub in the installed state. A measuring device determines the revolutions of the pulse wheel. The pulse wheel has a first material which does not influence the measuring device, and a second material, preferably an electrically conductive material, which influences the measuring device. The measuring device is an oscillator which excites an oscillating circuit, the amplitude of which is damped by the movement of the second material in the alternating electromagnetic field of a coil of the oscillator. An evaluation circuit evaluates the change in the voltage of the oscillating circuit and determines the revolutions of the pulse wheel.

Pulse wheel and system for determining the speed of a vehicle based on a revolution measurement of a wheel of the vehicle. The wheel has a wheel axle which is fixed to a frame of the vehicle and a hub which rotates thereon. A brake disc is connected to the hub. A pulse wheel is attached in a rotationally fixed manner in relation to the hub in the installed state. A measuring device determines the revolutions of the pulse wheel. The pulse wheel has a first material which does not influence the measuring device, and a second material, preferably an electrically conductive material, which influences the measuring device. The measuring device is an oscillator which excites an oscillating circuit, the amplitude of which is damped by the movement of the second material in the alternating electromagnetic field of a coil of the oscillator. An evaluation circuit evaluates the change in the voltage of the oscillating circuit and determines the revolutions of the pulse wheel.

A transconductor converts voltage on an inductive sensor to a proportional current using two coupling capacitors. Responsive to movement of an electrically conductive target from the null position a resonant current is formed between the two sensor coils. A single differential transistor pair switched by periodic drive signals commutes the net alternating current at the single input to direct current.

A sensor device is described for the contactless acquisition of a rotatable object, in particular for acquiring a rotational speed of a compressor wheel of a turbocharger. The sensor device includes a sensor housing. The sensor device also includes at least one magnetic-field generator for generating a magnetic field at the location of the rotatable object, and at least one magnetic-field sensor for detecting a magnetic field generated by eddy currents of the rotatable object. The sensor device furthermore includes at least one connection element, the connection element being set up to connect the sensor device to a device that includes the rotatable object, especially a turbocharger, so that the magnetic-field generator and the magnetic-field sensor are at least partially disposed together in a sensor section of the sensor housing, and the sensor housing is at least regionally set apart from the device that includes the rotatable object.

A sensor device is described for the contactless acquisition of a rotatable object, in particular for acquiring a rotational speed of a compressor wheel of a turbocharger. The sensor device includes a sensor housing. The sensor device also includes at least one magnetic-field generator for generating a magnetic field at the location of the rotatable object, and at least one magnetic-field sensor for detecting a magnetic field generated by eddy currents of the rotatable object. The sensor device furthermore includes at least one connection element, the connection element being set up to connect the sensor device to a device that includes the rotatable object, especially a turbocharger, so that the magnetic-field generator and the magnetic-field sensor are at least partially disposed together in a sensor section of the sensor housing, and the sensor housing is at least regionally set apart from the device that includes the rotatable object.