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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Applicant:
Terry R. Turner, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Terry R. Turner, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system () is provided herein for monitoring the harmonic content of the RF signal delivered to an RF powered device (). The system comprises (a) a voltage transducer () adapted to sample the voltage of the RF signal and to output a first signal representative thereof, (b) a current transducer () adapted to sample the current of the RF signal and to output a second signal representative thereof, and (c) a memory device () in communication with at least one, and preferably both, of the aforementioned transducersandand which contains calibration information specific to the transducers.