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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
May. 26, 2010
Stephen Smith, Appomattox, VA (US);
Stephen Smith, Appomattox, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Circuitry for high-power, high-frequency excitation of electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMAT) without the use of a matching transformer is described. This circuit contains at least 4 switching devices, arranged in an H-Bridge configuration to drive EMATs over a range of frequencies. The switching devices can be connected in parallel with respect to the H-Bridge and switched in sequence for greater power output and variety of wave forms including, Churp, Hemming window tone burst, rectangular tone burst and Barker Code wave forms. A circuit for driving sensor coils of an EMAT to correct the disadvantages of conventional pulsers. A plurality of switching devices are connected in parallel and augmented with support circuitry to provide increased power output, stability, reduced noise and complex output wave forms. This design provides for the application of modulated pulses such as multi-pulse, multi-frequency bursts with peak power outputs over 20,000 watts and frequencies over 10,000 Hertz.