Power Line Field Discrimination Method for Magnetic Sensors.

Abstract

The discriminator consists of two major parts; a nonlinear filter for low level rejection, and inhibiting logic for high level rejection, of ac magnetic fields. The nonlinear filter approximately halves the frequency characteristics of a particular class of signals, while at the same time doubling the frequency of normal interfering signals. The inhibiting logic uses the known in-phase relationship to sense and reject even very large time dependent interference. However, spatially variant signals observed from near field relative motion of two orthogonal magnetic sensors with respect to a ferro-magnetic object have a near quadrature relationship that permits signal recognition even when of less amplitude than the interference. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 1981
Accession Number
ADD008913

Entities

People

  • James W. Mckelvy
  • Walter E. Miller Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Detectors
  • Discrimination
  • Discriminators
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Magnetic Devices
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Near Field
  • Recognition
  • Rejection
  • Relative Motion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Radio communications and signal processing.