IP Library Granted Patent US 12,571,768
Granted Patent B2
US 12,571,768 · App. 19/103,823 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Eddy current testing circuit, method and system, storage medium, and terminal

Inventors: Qiuping Ma (Chengdu, CN); Bin Gao (Chengdu, CN); Liang Shen (Chengdu, CN); Fei Luo (Chengdu, CN); Shiqiang Jiang (Chengdu, CN); Yong Zhang (Chengdu, CN)
Assignee: Deyuan Technology Co., Ltd.
G01N27/9046G01N27/9006
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Patent No.
US 12,571,768
App. No.
19/103,823
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An eddy current testing circuit, method and system, a storage medium, and a terminal belong to the technical field of eddy current non-destructive testing. A dual-path differential probe is formed mainly by combining a differential bridge and a transformer conditioning circuit, and relationships between amplitudes, phase parameters and lift-off respectively generated under alternating magnetic fields are analyzed by using signal parameters generated by a first differential signal and a second differential signal under respective alternating magnetic fields. Multi-parameter signal fusion is performed, so that the lift-off can be suppressed, and dual-path differential output achieves a high testing capability for defects under high lift-off change.

Claims (39)

1 . An eddy current testing circuit, comprising:

a probe, comprising an excitation unit and an induction unit, wherein the excitation unit forms a differential bridge for receiving an excitation signal and outputting a first differential signal, and the induction unit is configured to couple with the excitation unit to form a transformer conditioning circuit and output a second differential signal; and

a differential signal processing unit, configured to receive the first differential signal and the second differential signal, analyze a relationship between a parameter of the first differential signal, a parameter of the second differential signal and lift-off under an alternating magnetic field, and fuse the parameter of the first differential signal with the parameter of the second differential signal to eliminate an influence of the lift-off on the signals,

wherein the differential signal processing unit is further configured to

fuse an amplitude of the first differential signal with an amplitude of the second differential signal to obtain a fused amplitude such that fusing of the amplitudes eliminates the influence of the lift-off on the signals;

perform linear processing on a phase parameter of the first differential signal and/or a phase parameter of the second differential signal to obtain a linearly processed phase parameter; and

fuse the fused amplitude with the linearly processed phase parameter to generate a final testing signal in which influence of the lift-off is eliminated.

2 . The eddy current testing circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the excitation unit is composed of a plurality of excitation coils arranged in a row side by side, and the induction unit is composed of a plurality of induction coils placed in one-to-one correspondence with the excitation coils, wherein the induction coils and the excitation coils have opposite coil winding directions;

an input end of the excitation coil is connected to an output end of a signal generator, the plurality of excitation coils are connected in parallel, and an output end of the excitation coil is connected with a capacitor or a resistor; output ends of two adjacent excitation coils are both connected to a first differential amplifier; and output ends of two adjacent induction coils are connected to a second differential amplifier.

3 . The eddy current testing circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the excitation coil and the induction coil are placed side by side, the two adjacent excitation coils serve as two arms of an alternating current bridge, and two corresponding capacitors or resistors are connected to other two arms of the alternating current bridge.

4 . An eddy current testing method, comprising steps of:

S1. operating a probe and acquiring a first differential signal and a second differential signal output by the probe in the case of lift-off change, wherein the first differential signal is output by an excitation unit of the probe, and the second differential signal is output by an induction unit of the probe, wherein the probe comprises an excitation unit and an induction unit, wherein the excitation unit is configured to output the first differential signal, and the induction unit is configured to couple with the excitation unit to output the second differential signal;

S2. analyzing a relationship between a parameter of the first differential signal, a parameter of the second differential signal and lift-off under an alternating magnetic field; and

S3. fusing the parameter of the first differential signal with the parameter of the second differential signal to eliminate an influence of the lift-off on the signals,

wherein the S3 includes

fusing an amplitude of the first differential signal with an amplitude of the second differential signal to obtain a fused amplitude such that the fusing of the amplitudes eliminates the influence of the lift-off on the signals;

performing linear processing on a phase parameter of the first differential signal and/or a phase parameter of the second differential signal to obtain a linearly processed phase parameter; and

fusing the fused amplitude with the linearly processed phase parameter to generate a final testing signal in which influence of the lift-off is eliminated.

5 . The eddy current testing method according to claim 4 , wherein the S2 comprises:

calculating the amplitude and the phase parameter of the first differential signal, and calculating the amplitude and the phase parameter of the second differential signal; and

analyzing a relationship between the amplitude of the first differential signal, a phase of the first differential signal, the amplitude of the second differential signal and a phase of the second differential signal each and the lift-off.

6 . The eddy current testing method according to claim 4 , wherein the performing linear processing on the phase parameter of the first differential signal and/or the second differential signal comprises:

performing a differential operation using the phase parameter of the first differential signal and/or the second differential signal to remove nonlinearity thereof.

7 . An eddy current testing system, comprising:

a probe comprising an excitation unit and an induction unit, wherein the excitation unit is configured to output a first differential signal, and the induction unit is configured to couple with the excitation unit to output a second differential signal;

a differential signal acquisition module, configured to acquire the first differential signal and the second differential signal output by a probe in case of lift-off change;

a parameter calculation module, configured to analyze a relationship between a parameter of the first differential signal, a parameter of the second differential signal and lift-off under an alternating magnetic field; and

a multi-parameter fusion module, configured to fuse the parameter of the first differential signal with the parameter of the second differential signal to eliminate an influence of the lift-off on the signals, wherein the multi-parameter fusion module is further configured to

fuse an amplitude of the first differential signal with an amplitude of the second differential signal to obtain a fused amplitude such that the fusing of the amplitudes eliminates the influence of the lift-off on the signals;

perform linear processing on a phase parameter of the first differential signal and/or a phase parameter of the second differential signal to obtain a linearly processed phase parameter; and

fuse the fused amplitude with the linearly processed phase parameter to generate a final testing signal in which influence of the lift-off is eliminated.

8 . A terminal, comprising:

a memory and a processor, the memory having stored thereon computer instructions runnable on the processor, wherein when the processor runs the computer instructions such that the eddy current testing method according to claim 4 is performed; and

the probe.

9 . The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the S2 comprises:

calculating the amplitude and the phase parameter of the first differential signal, and calculating the amplitude and the phase parameter of the second differential signal; and

analyzing a relationship between the amplitude of the first differential signal, a phase of the first differential signal, the amplitude of the second differential signal and a phase of the second differential signal each and the lift-off.

10 . The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the performing linear processing on the phase parameter of the first differential signal and/or the second differential signal comprises:

performing a differential operation using the phase parameter of the first differential signal and/or the second differential signal to remove nonlinearity thereof.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 5, 2025
From: SICHUAN DEYUAN PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: DEYUAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073852/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2025
From: MA, QIUPING; GAO, BIN; SHEN, LIANG; LUO, FEI; JIANG, SHIQIANG; ZHANG, YONG
To: SICHUAN DEYUAN PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070228/0509 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210981470.5 · Aug 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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