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Magnetic detection of short circuit defects in plate structure

  • US 6,118,279 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1997
  • Issued: 09/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of performing short circuit detection on a plate structure in which a group of first electrical conductors are nominally electrically insulated from and, as viewed generally perpendicular to the plate structure, cross a group of second electrical conductors, the method comprising the steps of:

  • performing a magnetic current-sensing operation on at least part of the first and second conductors to produce current data indicative of how much, if any, current flows through each of at least part of the conductors; and

    applying a short circuit defect probability analysis to the current data in order to select a location where an identified one of the first conductors crosses an identified one of the second conductors as being most probable of having a short circuit defect.

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