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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Roke Manor Research Limited, Romsey, Hampshire, GB;
Inventor:
Chris Richardson, Romsey, GB;
Assignee:
Roke Manor Research Limited, Romsey Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01V 3/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/101 (2013.01); G01V 3/15 (2013.01); G01V 3/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buried object detector comprising: a loop antenna and an RF source, the RF source coupled to the loop antenna and arranged to feed the loop antenna with an RF signal, the detector further comprising a detector circuit coupled to the loop antenna and arranged to detect changes in the quality factor of a resonant circuit formed by the loop antenna, wherein the loop antenna is arranged to magnetically couple with a buried object, thereby reducing the quality factor of the resonant circuit.