Title :
Constant envelope pseudo orthogonal excitations for ultrasound testing
Author :
Caporale, Salvatore ; Callegari, Sergio ; Ricci, Marco ; Burrascano, Pietro
Author_Institution :
ARCES/DEIS, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Abstract :
Various techniques to generate pseudo-orthogonal excitations for Ultrasonic Non Destructive Testing (UT-NDT) are discussed, with the constraint that they deliver constant-envelope waveforms and they are FM based. Pseudo-orthogonal excitations enable multiple Tx probes to be operated simultaneously so that many measurements can be taken at once. The constraints assure minimal disruption of conventional hardware arrangements and guarantee a good exploitation of the power conversion abilities of the Tx probes. The goal is to seek a progressive management of the trade-off between contrasting merit factors.
Keywords :
nondestructive testing; power conversion; ultrasonic measurement; constant-envelope waveforms; power conversion; progressive management; pseudo orthogonal excitations; ultrasonic nondestructive testing; ultrasound testing; Chirp; Probes; MIMO; pulse-compression; ultrasonic NDT;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Signal Processing (DSP), 2013 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fira
DOI :
10.1109/ICDSP.2013.6622751