Microwave measurement system for piston displacement

Details Microwave measurement system for piston displacement Microwave measurement system for piston displacement

2006-08-04

2008-12-16

Dole, Timothy J (Department: 2831)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Impedance, admittance or other quantities representative of...

Distributive type parameters

C324S646000, C092S00500L, C091S001000

Reexamination Certificate

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07466144

ABSTRACT:
A microwave measurement system is utilized for the determination of displacement of a piston in a fluid filled cylindrical structure. The piston plus cylindrical encasement of the hydraulic system is modeled as a uniform cylindrical waveguide terminated in a metal plate. A novel shaped probe antenna to measure the slope of the relative phase of the reflected equivalent voltage wave with respect to frequency. The idea to measure the slope of the relative phase is novel and requires a new antenna structure. Instead of using the phase slope with respect to frequency, the total phase shift in a given frequency range is used to determine the location of the piston in the cylindrical chamber. Simulation and measurement will be used to determine the impedance of the antenna as well as the electromagnetic field at different locations inside the cylinder. In addition, the antenna will be analyzed to optimize its design, which ought to result in minimizing the reflections.

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