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US 2023/0160858 A1Published application
Electro-Magnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) having Electromagnet Array for Generating Configurable Bias Magnetic Field Patterns
AssigneeUlc Technologies, LLC
InventorBaiyang Ren
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Abstract
An electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) system and method for controlling the EMAT system are provided. The system includes an electromagnet array with one or more electromagnets. Each electromagnet includes a magnetic core and a wound coil wrapped around the magnetic core. The electromagnet array generates bias magnetic fields having different patterns when the wound coils are energized differently.
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An electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) system comprising:
- an electromagnet array including an electromagnet with a magnetic core;
- a power supply connected to a wound coil wrapped around the magnetic core of the electromagnet;
- a first bias magnetic field generated by the electromagnet array when the wound coil is energized with a first current from the power supply;
- and
- a second bias magnetic field generated by the electromagnet array when the wound coil is energized with a second current from the power supply.
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A method of controlling an electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) system comprising:
- energizing a wound coil wrapped around a magnetic core of an electromagnet of an electromagnet array using a power supply of the EMAT system;
- providing a first current at a first time to the wound coil using the power supply;
- generating a first bias magnetic field based on the first current;
- providing a second current at a second time to the wound coil using the power supply;
- and
- generating a second bias magnetic field based on the second current.
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An electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) system comprising:
- a power supply;
- an electrical coil including a first leg and a second leg;
- an electromagnet array having electromagnets arranged in rows, each of the electromagnets including a magnetic core;
- and
- a first pole and a second pole of the magnetic core of each of the electromagnets, wherein the first pole and the second pole of each electromagnet are adjacently positioned in a row of the electromagnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.