Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Using radiant energy
Patent
1997-06-05
1999-08-03
Strecker, Gerard
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
Using radiant energy
25022719, 25022721, 324 72, 356345, 359181, G01B 902, G02F 100, G01R 2900
Patent
active
059330015
ABSTRACT:
A magnetic field sensor which can be used as an active antenna is disclosed that is capable of small size, ultrawideband operation, and high efficiency. The sensor includes a multiplicity of magnetic field transducers, e.g., superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) or Mach-Zehnder modulators, that are electrically coupled in a serial array. Dummy SQUIDs may be used about the perimeter of the SQUID array, and electrically coupled to the active SQUIDs for eliminating edge effects that otherwise would occur because of the currents that flow within the SQUIDs. Either a magnetic flux transformer which collects the magnetic flux and distributes the flux to the transducers or a feedback assembly (bias circuit) or both may be used for increasing the sensitivity and linear dynamic range of the antenna.
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Hammar John C.
Strecker Gerard
The Boeing Company
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