Electricity: measuring and testing – Testing potential in specific environment – Voltage probe
Patent
1984-12-14
1987-06-09
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Testing potential in specific environment
Voltage probe
324 77R, G01N 3102
Patent
active
046723056
ABSTRACT:
Electric (E) and magnetic (H) field components of a lightning stroke are separately received in order to determine and display the location of regions of recently occuring lightning activity. Direction is determined by operating upon electrical signals associated with both the E and H field components. Range is determined by measuring the magnitude of the H field at two different frequencies. The range is then computed as a function of the ratio of the magnitude of the H field at a first frequency to the magnitude of the H field at a second frequency.
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Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Ernco Industries, Inc.
Mueller Robert W.
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