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G01R 15/07 (1990.01)
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CA 1335210
The voltage between two objects is measured utilizing an electro-optic crystal exhibiting birefringence in two axes (slow and fast) mutually orthoganal to an optic axis extending between the two objects. Two collimated light beams polarized at an angle to the slow and fast axes is passed through the crystal parallel to the optic axis with one of the collimated light beams retarded relative to the other by about 1/4 wave. The two beams emerging from the crystal are passed through a polarizer and converted to phase-shifted electrical signals by photo diodes in electric circuits which regulate the sources of the light beams to maintain the peak magnitudes of the two electric signals constant and equal. As another feature of the invention, a stairstep output waveform representative of the measured waveform is generated in a digital computer from a bidirectional cumulative count of zero crossings of the two electric signals which is incremented or decremented depending upon which of the two electrical signals is leading. Improved accuracy of the output signal is achieved by adjusting the stairstep waveform by the magnitude of the smaller of the two electrical signals, with the sense of the adjustment determined by the relative polarities of the two electrical signals.
616683
Ogilvy Renault Llp/s.e.n.c.r.l.,s.r.l.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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