Sonic transducer and drive circuit
US4056761A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 1975 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB06B1/0261
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A sonic transducer, having a drive electromechanical transducing element and a pickup electromechanical transducing element or a single transducing element electronically operating as both, is excited through suitable power amplifiers by a voltage controlled oscillator. A phase comparator connected to these transducing elements detects the phase difference between stress and strain in the transducer. Its output is connected to an integrator circuit means which integrates the phase difference signal and applies the integrated signal to control the voltage controlled oscillator. The maximum and minimum values of the voltage which is applied to control the oscillator are independently limited by a pair of diodes connected to sources of two different voltages. An adjustably fixable phase shift circuit is interposed between the pickup transducing element and the phase comparator to permit calibration of the system for optimal operation. Amplifier and clipper circuitry interposed between the phase shift circuit and the phase comparator circuit make the oscillator output signal independent of the amplitude of the vibrations of the sonic transducer.
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