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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324322 ; 324318 ;
Abstract
A gradient coil is connected to a controllable gradient amplifier via a first diagonal of a bridge circuit having four switches and unbiased diodes respectively connected parallel thereto. A capacitor that forms a resonant circuit together with the gradient coil is connected into the second bridge diagonal of the bridge circuit. A sinusoidal current is supplied through the gradient coil. Due to intentionally incomplete discharging of the capacitor at every other half-wave, an offset current can be superimposed on the sinusoidal current through the gradient coil.