Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for tracking a resonant frequency
- Patent Title (中): 跟踪谐振频率的方法和装置
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Application No.: US10512129Application Date: 2003-04-15
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Publication No.: US07089794B2Publication Date: 2006-08-15
- Inventor: Victor Alexandrovich Kalinin , John Peter Beckley
- Applicant: Victor Alexandrovich Kalinin , John Peter Beckley
- Applicant Address: GB
- Assignee: Transense Technologies PLC
- Current Assignee: Transense Technologies PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB
- Agency: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.
- Priority: GB0208881.3 20020418
- International Application: PCT/GB03/01627 WO 20030415
- International Announcement: WO03/090353 WO 20031030
- Main IPC: G01N29/00
- IPC: G01N29/00

Abstract:
An arrangement for tracking resonant frequency of electrically resonant structures through a single channel includes a variable frequency oscillator associated with each resonant structure which provides an excitation signal of a variable frequency encompassing a possible resonant frequency of the associated resonant structure. Coupling device(s) are provided which connect each variable frequency oscillator to said resonant structure(s). An I-mixer is provided for each oscillator which forms a synchronous detector, a first input of each I-mixer being connected to its associated oscillator and a second input being connected to the coupling device, each I-mixer mixing the excitation signal from the associated variable frequency oscillator with a response signal generated by the resonant structure(s) in response to each excitation signal. The output of each I-mixer is filtered to remove sum products of the excitation and response signals, thereby leaving an amplitude modulation component of the signal, which is processed in a control loop to track the resonant frequency of each resonant structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050172718A1 Method and apparatus for tracking a resonant frequency Public/Granted day:2005-08-11
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