Electricity: measuring and testing – Magnetic – With means to create magnetic field to test material
Patent
1986-03-12
1989-07-04
Gellner, Michael L.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Magnetic
With means to create magnetic field to test material
324207, 361179, H01H 4712, G01B 714, G01N 2772
Patent
active
048454290
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for sensing the proximity of a target object includes a sensor inductor (L.sub.S, 38) connected in series with an identical reference inductor (L.sub.R, 36) between an input and ground to form an inductive divider network. The sensor inductor is positioned so that its inductance can be varied in response to the proximity of a target object (14, 40) while the inductance of the reference inductor remains constant. Voltage pulses are periodically applied to the divider network from a source (32, 34) and divide across the reference and sensor in accordance with the ratio of the inductances, as varied or not by the presence of the target object. A detector (30) monitors the output of the divider network and provides a target status signal indicative of the proximity of the target object. For low-power operation, the detector circuit and conductive divider network are periodically and momentarily energized in synchronism. This enables configuration of a self-contained, leadless proximity sensor having a battery power source and an optical output.
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ELDEC Corporation
Gellner Michael L.
Porterfield David
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