Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Optical or pre-photocell system
Patent
1995-12-11
1998-03-24
Westin, Edward P.
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Optical or pre-photocell system
385 12, 324 96, G02F 101, G01R 1524
Patent
active
057315795
ABSTRACT:
A miniature electro-optic voltage sensor system capable of accurate operation at high voltages. The system employs a transmitter, a sensor disposed adjacent to but out of direct electrical contact with a conductor on which the voltage is to be measured, a detector, and a signal processor. The transmitter produces a beam of electromagnetic radiation which is routed into the sensor where the beam undergoes the Pockels electro-optic effect. The electro-optic effect causes phase shifting in the beam, which is in turn converted to a pair of independent beams, from which the voltage of a system based on its E-field is determined when the two beams are normalized by the signal processor. The sensor converts the beam by splitting the beam in accordance with the axes of the beam's polarization state (an ellipse whose ellipticity varies between -1 and +1 in proportion to voltage) into at least two AM signals. These AM signals are fed into a signal processor and processed to determine the voltage between a ground conductor and the conductor on which voltage is being measured.
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Lee John R.
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company
Westin Edward P.
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