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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1978
Christopher M Fortunko, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for characterizing a surface anomaly in an electrically conductive sample includes an oscillator with an amplifier for supplying gain to the oscillator, a feedback loop linking the input and output of the amplifier, a two port ferromagnetic resonator connected within the loop to modulate the level and frequency of oscillation of the oscillator in response to eddy currents induced in the surface of the sample by the resonator, a variable attenuator connected within the loop to adjust the power level of the oscillator, and an adjustable phase shifter connected within the loop for changing the total phase shift of the loop. A sensing circuit is operably connected to the output of the amplifier to monitor the resonance parameters of the oscillator.