Publication Type |
Journal Article |
School or College |
College of Engineering |
Department |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Creator |
Furse, Cynthia M. |
Other Author |
Tsai, P.; Chung, Y. C.; Lo, C. |
Title |
Mixed-signal reflectometer for location of faults on aging wiring |
Date |
2005-12 |
Description |
Location of faults on aging cables is of great interest to maintainers of aircraft, cars, power distribution systems, communication systems, etc. One class of methods for locating faults is frequency domain reflectometry (FDR), using sine waves as the forcing function. A new frequency domain method called mixedsignal reflectometry (MSR) is described in this paper and compared to data from phase detection FDR (PDFDR) methods. The MSR is less expensive and smaller than the PDFDR and has very similar performance. A prototype system using the 100-200-MHz bandwith with 256 40-kHz steps is shown to have a resolution of about 10 cm, very similar to a PDFDR in the same frequency band. Index Terms-Nondestructive evaluation, reflectometry, wire fault location. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
Journal Title |
IEEE Sensors Journal |
Volume |
5 |
Issue |
6 |
First Page |
1479 |
Last Page |
1482 |
DOI |
10.1109/JSEN.2005.858894 |
citatation_issn |
1530-437X |
Subject |
Mixed signal reflectometer; Fault location; Aging wiring; Nondestructive evaluation; Reflectometry |
Subject LCSH |
Electric wiring -- Inspection; Nondestructive testing |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Tsai, P., Chung, Y. C., Lo, C., & Furse, C. (2005). Mixed-signal reflectometer for location of faults on aging wiring. IEEE Sensors Journal, 5(6), 1479-82. Dec. |
Rights Management |
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application/pdf |
Format Extent |
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ARK |
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Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68s577v |