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3.11 INSTRUMENT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS<br />

Three important considerations in the design of eddy current instruments are<br />

amplification, phase detection and discrimination, and signal differentiation<br />

and filtering. With modern low-noise, medium-gain amplifiers, many<br />

manufacturers no longer list the sensitivity range or gain specifications of their<br />

instruments because they are more than adequate. Modulation analysis<br />

(impedance/magnitude systems) shows only the magnitude variations<br />

associated with coil impedance changes. Coil current is held constant so that<br />

the output indications contain only flaw information and filters are used to<br />

eliminate the conductivity and permeability effects. Any test coil can be used<br />

with this system; however, the test coils are somewhat sensitive to<br />

dimensional changes.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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