BLANKET PROBE
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1. A blanket probe for detecting the thickness of a wall having a non-planar surface, the blanket probe comprising:
- a probe portion comprising a planar substrate that is flexible in one or two dimensions;
an array of detectors mounted on the substrate; and
at least one interface for communicating signals to and from each detector.
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Abstract
A blanket probe for detecting the thickness of a wall having a non-planar surface has a probe portion comprising a planar substrate that is flexible in one or two dimensions, an array of detectors mounted on the substrate and at least one interface for communicating signals to and from each detector.
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1. A blanket probe for detecting the thickness of a wall having a non-planar surface, the blanket probe comprising:
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a probe portion comprising a planar substrate that is flexible in one or two dimensions; an array of detectors mounted on the substrate; and at least one interface for communicating signals to and from each detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of testing a non-planar wall having a finite thickness, comprising the steps of:
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positioning a planar substrate that is flexible in one or two dimensions on the non-planar wall, the planar substrate having an array of detectors; exciting the non-planar wall; measuring detected signals generated by the array of detectors; generating an output that characterizes the non-planar wall. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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