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Area of Science:

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Instrumentation Science

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  • Operational amplifiers inherently produce unpredictable signals, leading to integrator zero-drift over time.
  • Existing integrator systems struggle with long-term stability due to unpredictable signal outputs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and evaluate a new integrator system with enhanced long-term low-drift characteristics.
  • To address the limitations of conventional integrators in applications requiring high stability.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an integrator system incorporating a temperature control module and an integrator module.
  • Utilized a thermoelectric cooler to stabilize electronic components on an aluminum printed circuit board.
  • Implemented an analog-to-digital converter/proportional integration/digital-to-analog converter control circuit for automatic drift compensation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed integrator demonstrated a low integration drift (<5 mV) over 1000 seconds.
  • Performance was validated through repeated measurements in a standard magnet.
  • The system maintained stability with an integration time constant of 10 ms.

Conclusions:

  • The designed integrator system effectively achieves long-term low-drift performance.
  • This technology is suitable for precise magnetic flux measurements in tokamaks.
  • The integrator can be applied to wire rope nondestructive testing applications.