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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Scott Jensen, Carriere, MS (US);
Abstract
A piezoelectric field disturbance sensing system includes a piezoelectric element for generating mechanical energy when electrically excited and for generating electrical energy when mechanically deformed. A mass is coupled to the piezoelectric element. A signal generator is coupled to the piezoelectric element for applying electrical energy thereto for a fixed period of time. As a result, the piezoelectric element undergoes mechanical deformation and the mass reverberates in response to such mechanical deformation. A charge monitor is coupled to the piezoelectric element for monitoring electrical energy generated thereby during a time period subsequent to the fixed period of time.