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公开(公告)号:US20190212171A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-11
申请号:US15864097
申请日:2018-01-08
Applicant: Raytheon Company
Inventor: John J. Anagnost
IPC: G01D5/20 , G01R19/252
CPC classification number: G01D5/20 , G01D5/2053 , G01R19/252
Abstract: An eddy current displacement sensor includes devices or modules for digitizing and interpreting analog signals received from sensor coils. Periodic analog signals, such as sinusoidal or square wave signals, are sent to the coils with a suitable frequency. The output from the coils is then digitized using one or more analog-to-digital converters, at a sampling rate (frequency) that may be greater than that of the frequency of the input signal. The digitized output signals may then be processed to determine displacement of an object relative to the sensor coils, for example using magnitude and/or phase of the digital signals to estimate position. Digitizing the analog output signals directly, rather than only after such signals have been converted to DC signals, allows improvement in processing, as well as enabling flexibility in how the signals are used to estimate position.
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公开(公告)号:US20200049482A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-13
申请号:US16056916
申请日:2018-08-07
Applicant: Raytheon Company
Inventor: Philip H. Ives , John J. Anagnost
Abstract: A position sensor device includes a sensor head with a sensor coil, and an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for digitizing output from the sensor coil, and sending the digital input to electronics of the device for further processing. The A/D converter is located closer to the coil than it is to the electronics, which may be in an electronics box mounted remotely from the sensor head. The A/D converter may be a part of the sensor head, may be adjacent to the sensor head, and/or may be connected to the sensor coil by an analog output cable. The analog output cable between the sensor coil and the A/D converter may be of negligible length (and of negligible capacitance), and in any event may be shorter than a digital output cable between the A/D converter and the electronics.
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公开(公告)号:US10330460B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-25
申请号:US15621230
申请日:2017-06-13
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Kyle Heideman , Andrew Bullard , Matthew E. Jenkins , John J. Anagnost
Abstract: A calibration system for calibrating a tilt angle of the fast steering mirror includes a position sensing device configured to generate a beam of electromagnetic radiation, and a diffractive optical element, positioned between the position sensing device and the fast steering mirror, the diffractive optical element being configured to divide the input beam into a plurality of output beams directed to the fast steering mirror. The position sensing device is configured to determine a tilt angle of the fast steering mirror. A method to calibrate a tilt angle of the fast steering mirror is further disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US10816316B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US16056916
申请日:2018-08-07
Applicant: Raytheon Company
Inventor: Philip H. Ives , John J. Anagnost
Abstract: A position sensor device includes a sensor head with a sensor coil, and an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for digitizing output from the sensor coil, and sending the digital input to electronics of the device for further processing. The A/D converter is located closer to the coil than it is to the electronics, which may be in an electronics box mounted remotely from the sensor head. The A/D converter may be a part of the sensor head, may be adjacent to the sensor head, and/or may be connected to the sensor coil by an analog output cable. The analog output cable between the sensor coil and the A/D converter may be of negligible length (and of negligible capacitance), and in any event may be shorter than a digital output cable between the A/D converter and the electronics.
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公开(公告)号:US20180356204A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-13
申请号:US15621230
申请日:2017-06-13
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Kyle Heideman , Andrew Bullard , Matthew E. Jenkins , John J. Anagnost
CPC classification number: G01B9/02069 , G01B9/02009 , G01B9/02047 , G01D5/266 , G01M11/005 , G01M11/0271 , G02B5/32 , G02B7/1827 , G02B26/0816 , G02B26/0825 , G03H1/08
Abstract: A calibration system for calibrating a tilt angle of the fast steering mirror includes a position sensing device configured to generate a beam of electromagnetic radiation, and a diffractive optical element, positioned between the position sensing device and the fast steering mirror, the diffractive optical element being configured to divide the input beam into a plurality of output beams directed to the fast steering mirror. The position sensing device is configured to determine a tilt angle of the fast steering mirror. A method to calibrate a tilt angle of the fast steering mirror is further disclosed.
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