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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1976
Michael A Wilson, Sarasota, FL (US);
Electro Corporation, Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A linear oscillator circuit has a resonant circuit which develops an oscillating voltage V.sub.R having an amplitude proportional to a distance between a conducting body and the resonant circuit located within a probe. A control power drive circuit coupled to the output of the resonant circuit switches a current through the resonant circuit during each period of oscillation of the voltage V.sub.R. A reference current source is coupled to the control power drive circuit for drawing a current through the control power drive circuit and the resonant circuit. The magnitude of the current is equal to the magnitude of an independently established reference current. A detector circuit responsive to the value of the amplitude of oscillation may be provided to indicate the distance of the conductive body from the resonant circuit-containing probe.