Ultrasonic sensor and method of use
Patent
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OSTI ID:874021
- Livermore, CA
An ultrasonic sensor system and method of use for measuring transit time though a liquid sample, using one ultrasonic transducer coupled to a precision time interval counter. The timing circuit captures changes in transit time, representing small changes in the velocity of sound transmitted, over necessarily small time intervals (nanoseconds) and uses the transit time changes to identify the presence of non-conforming constituents in the sample.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States Department (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 6295873
- OSTI ID:
- 874021
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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