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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Otaka, Hitachi, JP;
Sadato Shimizu, Stanford, CA (US);
Kazuo Takaku, Hitachi, JP;
Shinji Sakata, Katsuta, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324240 ; 324248 ; 324225 ;
Abstract
A nondestructive inspecting apparatus is arranged to have an exciting magnet for applying an ac magnetic field to a sample and a SQUID for converting change of a magnetic characteristic of the sample occurring when the ac magnetic field is applied to the sample into an electric signal. The exciting magnet is a cancelled coil assembly composed of plural coils having respective polarities.