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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Scott Mordin Hoyte, Carson City, NV (US);
Sherrie Ann Clark, Minden, NV (US);
Inventors:
Scott Mordin Hoyte, Carson City, NV (US);
Sherrie Ann Clark, Minden, NV (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B007/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of determining a gap between an eddy current proximity transducer and a target is provided. The method includes providing a data structure that is populated with data that is relative to a gap value corresponding to a complex impedance value of the transducer, exciting the transducer at a plurality of different frequencies, determining a complex impedance value of the transducer at a respective one of the plurality of frequencies, and determining the gap using the data structure and the complex impedance value.