A Pseudorandom Binary Noise Ultrasonic System

The random noise ultrasonic system represents the state-of-the-art in terms of sensitivity and resolution for ultrasonic NDE systems. The principle impediment to its use in the field is the lack of real-time inspection capability. If a pair of pseudorandom binary noise sources are substituted for the white noise source in the random noise system, a real-time capability is achieved. An instrument using such sources will be demonstrated and its capabilities will be discussed.