Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Spectrometer components
Patent
1995-12-29
1997-09-02
O'Shea, Sandra L.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Spectrometer components
G01R 3338
Patent
active
056636474
ABSTRACT:
An amplification device is provided for driving a gradient coil in an MR system, wherein the gradient coil is required to generate a rapidly changing gradient magnetic field during a first time period, and a substantially constant field during an immediately following second time period. The device includes a adjustable bus, for providing first and second voltage levels, and a switching or PWM amplifier. A switch is coupled between the bus and the switching amplifier for applying the first voltage to the amplifier during the first time period, and the second voltage to the amplifier during the second time period. The switching amplifier comprises an inverter for generating a PWM voltage in response to its input, and an LC filter for converting the PWM wave into a DC voltage. The switching amplifier generates a substantially higher coil driving voltage during the first period, in response to the first voltage level, than during the second period in response to the second voltage level. The switching amplifier may have a substantially higher frequency of operation during the second period than during the first period, so that the LC filter is much more effective in removing a distorting ripple component during such second time period, when the gradient coil is being used to acquire MR data.
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Park John N.
Wirth William Frederick
General Electric Company
O'Shea Sandra L.
Phillips Roger
Pilarski John H.
Skarsten James O.
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