Trolling motor with integral sonar transducer

Autor: Robert W. Healey
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 115:1863
ISSN: 0001-4966
DOI: 10.1121/1.1757118
Popis: A trolling motor having an integral sonar transducer including: a submerged motor housing; an electric motor housed in the housing; a sonar transducer housed in the housing; a motor controller having a pulse width modulated output and a shielded electrical cable connecting the sonar transducer to a sonar device. Noise from all sources (i.e., electrical noise from ground loops, radio frequency interference, and magnetic interference) is suppressed in the output signal of the transducer through a number of techniques. The electrical cable includes an outer shield connected to the chassis ground of the trolling motor; an inner shield connected to the circuit ground of the sonar device; and a pair of signal carrying conductors comprising a twisted pair. In addition, the resonant frequency of the transducer is selected such that it is not a harmonic of the operating frequency of the pulse width modulated output of the motor controller.
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