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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Haiyan Sun, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yuri Plotnikov, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Changting Wang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Stewart Mcknight, Hamilton, OH (US);
Ui Suh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Haiyan Sun, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yuri Plotnikov, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Changting Wang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Stewart McKnight, Hamilton, OH (US);
Ui Suh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling an eddy current probe for use in nondestructive testing of a sample is described. The method includes positioning at least one substantially planar spiral drive coil within the eddy current probe, such that the drive coil is at least one of adjacent to and at least partially within a flexible material. The method further includes coupling at least one unpackaged solid-state magnetic field sensor to the at least one drive coil.