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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Boris Leonid Sheikman, Minden, NV (US);
Steven Go, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Boris Leonid Sheikman, Minden, NV (US);
Steven Go, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/04 (2006.01); G01B 7/02 (2006.01); G01B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/023 (2013.01); G01B 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microwave sensor assembly includes a signal processing device for generating at least one microwave signal that includes a pattern of frequencies and at least one probe coupled to the signal processing device. The probe includes an emitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field from the at least one microwave signal, wherein the emitter is detuned when an object is positioned within the electromagnetic field such that a loading signal is reflected from the emitter to the signal processing device.