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Temperature compensated self-referenced fiber optic microbend pressure transducer

US5196694A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1991
Grant dateMar 23, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L11/025
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A temperature compensated, self-referenced fiber optic microbend pressure transducer employs a fiber optic loop (90) to compensate for thermal offset of the microbend sensor output. In the preferred emb This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. NAS3-25796 awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Government has certain rights in this invention.

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