Ultrasonic unipolar pulse/echo instrument
Abstract
An ultrasonic unipolar pulse/echo instrument uses active switches and a timing and drive circuitry to control electrical energy to a transducer, the discharging of the transducer, and the opening of an electrical pathway to the receiving circuitry for the returning echoes. The active switches utilize MOSFET devices along with decoupling circuitry to insure the preservation of the unipolar nature of the pulses, insure fast transition times, and maintain broad band width and time resolution. A housing contains the various circuitry and switches and allows connection to a power supply and a movable ultrasonic transducer. The circuitry maintains low impedance input to the transducer during transmitting cycles, and high impedance between the transducer and the receiving circuit during receive cycles to maintain the unipolar pulse shape. A unipolar pulse is valuable for nondestructive evaluation, a prime use for the present instrument.
- Inventors:
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- Ames, IA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868724
- Patent Number(s):
- 5199299
- Assignee:
- Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, IA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B06 - GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL B06B - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, {e.g.} FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-82
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- ultrasonic; unipolar; pulse; echo; instrument; active; switches; timing; drive; circuitry; control; electrical; energy; transducer; discharging; pathway; receiving; returning; echoes; utilize; mosfet; devices; decoupling; insure; preservation; nature; pulses; fast; transition; times; maintain; broad; band; width; time; resolution; housing; contains; various; allows; connection; power; supply; movable; maintains; impedance; input; transmitting; cycles; circuit; receive; shape; valuable; nondestructive; evaluation; prime; time resolution; electrical pathway; nondestructive evaluation; pulse shape; ultrasonic transducer; electrical energy; power supply; drive circuit; broad band; band width; electrical path; unipolar pulse; housing contains; drive circuitry; ultrasonic unipolar; control electrical; echo instrument; /73/367/
Citation Formats
Hughes, Michael S, Hsu, David K, Thompson, Donald O, and Wormley, Samuel J. Ultrasonic unipolar pulse/echo instrument. United States: N. p., 1993.
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@article{osti_868724,
title = {Ultrasonic unipolar pulse/echo instrument},
author = {Hughes, Michael S and Hsu, David K and Thompson, Donald O and Wormley, Samuel J},
abstractNote = {An ultrasonic unipolar pulse/echo instrument uses active switches and a timing and drive circuitry to control electrical energy to a transducer, the discharging of the transducer, and the opening of an electrical pathway to the receiving circuitry for the returning echoes. The active switches utilize MOSFET devices along with decoupling circuitry to insure the preservation of the unipolar nature of the pulses, insure fast transition times, and maintain broad band width and time resolution. A housing contains the various circuitry and switches and allows connection to a power supply and a movable ultrasonic transducer. The circuitry maintains low impedance input to the transducer during transmitting cycles, and high impedance between the transducer and the receiving circuit during receive cycles to maintain the unipolar pulse shape. A unipolar pulse is valuable for nondestructive evaluation, a prime use for the present instrument.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
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