Resonant enhancement of a passive coil-capacitance loop in eddy current sensing path

A passive resonant coupling loop was composed by connecting an inductive coil with a capacitance element in series. Without any electric connection with measurement circuits, the loop is coaxially inserted into the sensing path between the sensing coil and metallic target of an eddy current proximity sensor. When the sensor is working around the natural frequency of the resonant loop, the mutual coupling between the sensing coil and metallic target is efficiently improved. Home-made eddy current proximity sensing coils are experimentally tested in frequencies around 800 kHz. The results indicate that the equivalent inductance of the sensing coil performs more sensitively to metallic target distance. Thus the higher sensitivity and resolution of proximity sensor will be expected.