Threshold compensating detector for magnetostrictive transducer
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1. A magnetostrictive transducer comprising:
- a ferromagnetic delay line;
a pulse generator for generating interrogation pulses in said delay line;
position magnet means located proximate said ferromagnetic delay line for converting said interrogation pulses into acoustic pulses at the location of said magnet means;
a mode converter coupled to said ferromagnetic delay line for converting said acoustic pulses into corresponding representative electrical pulses,detector means coupled to said mode converter for converting one of said representative electrical pulses into a corresponding detection pulse whenever one of said representative electrical pulses exceeds a variable threshold level;
variable threshold level means coupled to said detector means and coupled to a position determination means for setting a variable threshold level as a function of a position measurement;
said position determination means coupled to said pulse generator and too said detector means for generating a position measurement indicating the position of said magnet means by determining the time elapsed from the generation of said interrogation pulse to the reception of a corresponding acoustic pulse at said mode converter.
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Abstract
A magnetostrictive linear position transducer including a position indicating magnet. Magnet position information is fed back to the detector to automatically control the detector threshold as a function of magnet position.
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1. A magnetostrictive transducer comprising:
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a ferromagnetic delay line; a pulse generator for generating interrogation pulses in said delay line; position magnet means located proximate said ferromagnetic delay line for converting said interrogation pulses into acoustic pulses at the location of said magnet means; a mode converter coupled to said ferromagnetic delay line for converting said acoustic pulses into corresponding representative electrical pulses, detector means coupled to said mode converter for converting one of said representative electrical pulses into a corresponding detection pulse whenever one of said representative electrical pulses exceeds a variable threshold level; variable threshold level means coupled to said detector means and coupled to a position determination means for setting a variable threshold level as a function of a position measurement; said position determination means coupled to said pulse generator and too said detector means for generating a position measurement indicating the position of said magnet means by determining the time elapsed from the generation of said interrogation pulse to the reception of a corresponding acoustic pulse at said mode converter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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