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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Inventor:
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first RF coil integrated into a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second RF coil integrated into the first PCB. The apparatus also includes a tuning member positioned adjacently to the first PCB and inductively coupled to the first and second RF coils, the tuning member configured to minimize a mutual inductance formed between the first and second RF coils via modification of a coupling constant between the first and second RF coils.