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Prance, Helen, Prance, Robert and Stiffell, Peter (2007) Hardware Comb Filter Enhances Dynamic Range and Noise Performance of Sensors in Noisy Environments. Review of Scientific Instruments, 78 (7). 07470-1. ISSN 0034-6748
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We present the results of combining a hardware implementation of an analog comb filter with an ultralow noise electromagnetic sensor. The comb filter is designed to attenuate mains related interference, at either 50 or 60 Hz, and related harmonics. The sensor chosen for this work is an induction magnetometer, but the method is applicable to any low noise high dynamic range sensor. The resultant system, in this case, uses only a single coil, not a gradiometric configuration, thus providing a magnetometer capable of sensing field as opposed to field gradient. This combination of filter and sensor allows additional gain to be added and the full sensitivity of the system to be achieved, previously only realized in an electromagnetically screened room. At the same time, the high dynamic range, low noise performance, and original bandwidth of the sensor are maintained. The technique is illustrated by using the system in an urban environment to observe Schumann resonance phenomena. This approach to acquiring small signals in a noisy environment is compared with conventional analog filter and digital signal processing techniques.
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| Additional Information: | This work is one outcome of an RCUK Basic Technology project GR/R87550/01 and describes an electronic technique for enhancing the performance of highly sensitive electromagnetic sensors, such as the electric potential sensor invented at Sussex, for use in real world applications. The work has contributed to further EPSRC funding (Basic Technology Translation grant EP/E042864/1) and is an essential component of a project now being funded by Kodak European Research (Dr. C. Moore, chris.moore@kodak.com). |
| Schools and Departments: | School of Engineering and Informatics > Engineering and Design |
| Depositing User: | Helen Prance |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 18:22 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2015 12:12 |
| URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/16015 |