US4553099A
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Electrostatic voltage sensor
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1982-03-08
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Granted: 1985-11-12
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Expires: 2002-03-08
Abstract
Abstract An electrostatic voltage sensor which includes a surface acoustic wave propagating medium and transmitting and receiving transducers coupled to the medium. The voltage sensor is provided with a separate voltage collecting member different from the electrode for applying a voltage or electric field, and the voltage obtained in the voltage collecting member is varied by a predetermined frequency for being applied to the electrode so as to detect external voltage by the variation component of the oscillating frequency.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukio Kasahara
- 👤 Ritsuo Inaba
- 👤 Kiyotaka Wasa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 13:27
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R15/00; G01R15/14; G01R15/16; G01R15/165; G01R29/00; G01R29/24; G10; G10K; G10K11/00; G10K11/36
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
216 words
An electrostatic voltage sensor which comprises at least a surface acoustic wave propagating medium composed of a piezo-electric material, said piezo-electric material being substantially an insulator, a pair of transmitting and receiving transducer means for transmitting and receiving a surface acoustic wave provided on said surface acoustic wave propagating medium, an oscillating means including an amplifier having its input terminal connected to said receiving transducer means and having its output terminal connected to said transmitting transducer means, an electrode means for applying an electric field in a direction perpendicular to a major surface of said medium on which said surface acoustic wave propagates, and a voltage collecting member disposed in the vicinity of an object whose voltage is to be measured and connected to said electrode means, a voltage varying means for varying a voltage which is supplied to said electrode means from said voltage collecting member at a predetermined constant frequency, and a voltage detecting means for detecting said voltage of said object whose voltage is to be measured by detecting an output frequency of said oscillating means, wherein said voltage detecting means includes a mixing circuit whose input is connected to said receiving transducer, a frequency modulation detecting circuit which is connected to an output of said mixing circuit, and a local oscillation circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
216 words
An electrostatic voltage sensor which comprises at least a surface acoustic wave propagating medium composed of a piezo-electric material, said piezo-electric material being substantially an insulator, a pair of transmitting and receiving transducer means for transmitting and receiving a surface acoustic wave provided on said surface acoustic wave propagating medium, an oscillating means including an amplifier having its input terminal connected to said receiving transducer means and having its output terminal connected to said transmitting transducer means, an electrode means for applying an electric field in a direction perpendicular to a major surface of said medium on which said surface acoustic wave propagates, and a voltage collecting member disposed in the vicinity of an object whose voltage is to be measured and connected to said electrode means, a voltage varying means for varying a voltage which is supplied to said electrode means from said voltage collecting member at a predetermined constant frequency, and a voltage detecting means for detecting said voltage of said object whose voltage is to be measured by detecting an output frequency of said oscillating means, wherein said voltage detecting means includes a mixing circuit whose input is connected to said receiving transducer, a frequency modulation detecting circuit which is connected to an output of said mixing circuit, and a local oscillation circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
103 words
An electrostatic voltage sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said voltage detecting means includes a frequency modulation detecting circuit which is supplied with an output from said receiving transducer means and a filtering circuit which is supplied with an output signal from said frequency modulation detecting circuit, said filtering circuit being arranged to derive, from said output signal from said frequency modulation detecting circuit, a frequency component of said voltage supplied to said electrode means from said voltage collecting member or an integral multiple thereof for detecting said voltage of said object whose voltage is to be measured by said frequency component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
73 words
An electrostatic voltage sensor as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an automatic frequency control circuit which is supplied with a detection output of said frequency modulation detecting circuit, and a local oscillation circuit which has its oscillating frequency controlled by said automatic frequency control circuit and which supplies its oscillation output signal to said mixing circuit, and said filtering circuit which is connected to an output of said frequency modulation detecting circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
84 words
An electrostatic voltage sensor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a circuit for calculating and processing a detection output from said frequency modulation detecting circuit and a signal at frequency said voltage supplied to said electrode means or a signal at frequency corresponding to an integer multiple thereof, so as to obtain said frequency component of said voltage or said frequency component corresponding to an integer multiple thereof for detecting said voltage of said object whose voltage to be measured by said component.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
An electrostatic voltage sensor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an automatic frequency control circuit which is supplied with a detection output of said frequency modulation detecting circuit, and a local oscillation circuit which has its oscillating frequency controlled by said automatic frequency control circuitry.
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