Abstract
The suppression efficiency of the correlated noise and drift of self-oscillating front-end circuit in a pseudo-differential eddy-current displacement sensor (ECDS) is investigated using COMSOL and MATLAB. The transfer characteristic of the sensor coil, excited at 200 MHz, is obtained through a FE model in COMSOL. The characteristic is linearized to a second-order fit around a standoff distance to the target (xso) of 55 μm. The nonlinearity of the interface is modelled in MATLAB. It is found that, in order to tolerate 1% drift in the oscillator amplitude, a maximum 2nd harmonic distortion (HD2) of the interface has to be less than −72 dB when the sensor HD2 is −51.5 dB for 5 μm displacement range around xso = 55 μm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 946-949 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Procedia Engineering |
Volume | 168 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2016 |
Event | Eurosensors 2016: The 30th anniversary Eurosensors Conference - Budapest, Hungary Duration: 4 Sept 2016 → 7 Sept 2016 |
Keywords
- displacement
- sensor
- eddy-current
- demodulator
- oscillator
- drift
- nonlinearity
- finite elelement