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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2003
Nilesh Tralshawala, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Alexander Bakharev, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yuri Polyako, East Setauket, NY (US);
Nilesh Tralshawala, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Alexander Bakharev, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yuri Polyako, East Setauket, NY (US);
CardioMag Imaging, Inc., Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An instrument for measuring sub-pico Tesla magnetic fields using a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) inductively coupled to an unshielded gradiometer includes a filter for filtering magnetically-and electrically coupled radio frequency interference (RFI) away from the SQUID. This RFI is principally coupled to the SQUID via the unshielded gradiometer. The filter circuit includes a resistor-capacitor (RC) combination interconnected to first and second terminals so that it is parallel to both an input coil of the SQUID and the gradiometer. In addition, a shielding enclosure is used to electromagnetically shield the filter circuit from the SQUID, and a method is employed to increase the impedance between the input coil and the SQUID without diminishing the overall sensitivity of the instrument.