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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Florian Hardy, St-Augustin de Desmaures, CA;
Rock Samson, St-Nicolas, CA;
Assignee:
R/D Tech Inc., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/790 ; G01R 3/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/790 ; G01R 3/312 ;
Abstract
In an eddy current testing probe, efficiency is improved by multiplexing, at the probe head, signals to and from a large number of coils on the probe head onto a reduced number of signal conductors, and by reusing coils in different measurement configurations in order to provide a higher density of inspection coverage.