Direct current proximity detector having switching means which provide on two distinct outputs, signals when the target is located beyond or within a predetermined range

摘要

A direct current proximity detector having a first terminal directly connected, to a terminal of a supply source and second and third terminals connected to the other terminal of the supply source through a load, an oscillator associated with a detector of its state of oscillation, a voltage stabilizer and a static switching device. The switching device comprises first and second transistors, the conducting state of the respective transistors depending upon the state of a corresponding output of an inverter unit which is controlled by the detector. The two transistors are connected to the first terminal through a Zener diode, second and third terminals being interconnected by means of two serially connected diodes of opposed polarities the common point of which supplies the voltage stabilizer.