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`( * ) Notice:
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`Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA
`(US)
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`ABSTRACT
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`A controller for a flowmeter includes an in ut module o er-
`able to receive a sensor signal from a sensor connected to a
`vibratable flowtube.The sensor signalisrelatedtoafluid flow
`through the flowtube. The controller also includes a signal
`processing system operable to receive the sensor signal,
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`An output module is operable to output the drive signal to the
`flowtube and a control system is operable to modify the drive
`signal and thereby maintain oscillation ofthe flowtube during
`a transition ofthe flowtube from a substantially empty state to
`a substantially full state.
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