Sensor system for measurement of one or more vector components of an electric field
US7141987B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R35/005
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sensor system accurately measures, with a high level of sensitivity, one or more vector components of a small electric field, through the use of multiple, relatively fixed sensors, at least one of which constitutes a weakly coupled capacitive sensor. The sensor system enables the electric field to be determined in a direction normal to a surface or along multiple orthogonal axes. Measurement of the electric field vector can provide improved resolution and characterization of electrical signals produced, for example, by organs within the human body.
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