Suppression Efficiency of the Correlated Noise and Drift of Self-oscillating Pseudo-differential Eddy Current Displacement Sensor

Journal Article (2016)
Author(s)

Vikram Chaturvedi (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)

Johan Vogel (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)

Stoyan Nihtianova (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)

Research Group
Electronic Instrumentation
Copyright
© 2016 V. Chaturvedi, J.G. Vogel, S. Nihtianova
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.312
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Publication Year
2016
Language
English
Copyright
© 2016 V. Chaturvedi, J.G. Vogel, S. Nihtianova
Research Group
Electronic Instrumentation
Volume number
168
Pages (from-to)
946-949
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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.