B3.3 - Electrically Isolated Sensor Networks Using Single Polymer Fibers for Remote Powering and Data Transmission
- Event
- AMA Conferences 2017
2017-05-30 - 2017-06-01
Nürnberg, Germany - Band
- Proceedings Sensor 2017
- Chapter
- B3 - Fiber-Optical Sensors
- Author(s)
- J. Fischer, T. Schuster, C. Wächter, M. Luber, J. Vinogradov, R. Engelbrecht, O. Ziemann - Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Nürnberg (Germany)
- Pages
- 206 - 211
- DOI
- 10.5162/sensor2017/B3.3
- ISBN
- 978-3-9816876-4-4
- Price
- free
Abstract
There are various applications in high voltage or explosive environments, where sensor powering as well as data transmission has to be electrically isolated. A possible solution can be based on optically powered optical sensor links. These links need typically four different optical components: For the data communication a fast LED as a transmitter and a photo diode as a receiver, furthermore for sensor feeding a high-power light source and a photonic power converter. In this paper it will be demonstrated how to realize an optically powered optical sensor link, using one kind of optical component only, strictly speaking LEDs, for all these tasks.