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Fish
100 m
10 m
Target #1
Target #2
Acoustic Wave
100 m Range Switch
Fish
preamps
Transducer
Drivers
JW FISHERS SIDE SCAN SONAR THEORY OF OPERATION
BLOCK DIAGRAM
The key to side scan operation is to understand how the side scan works. We will begin with an overall block
diagram and then discuss the individual components.
When Record is selected, the computer ( Central Processor Unit or CPU ) scans the operator selected settings and sends
a transmit pulse to the transmit electronics in the fish. A short duration 1000 watt pulse is generated to both transducers.
Each transducer produces its own 100Khz or 600Khz sound wave that travels out away from each side of the fish. The
pre-amps in the fish listen to the same transducers for returning echoes. As the sound wave sweeps out across the
bottom, echoes are continuously received by the transducers and amplified by the pre-amps in the fish. The first echo
to be received is the reflection off the bottom directly below the fish. We will only discuss one channel, but what
follows applies to both channels.
The Fish preamps send the amplified echo signals up the cable to the "time variable gain" (TVG) amplifiers in the Sonar
Processor. The TVG amps increase their gain over time to compensate for signal loss which occurs when the signal
travels through the water. If TVG circuits were not used, then target #1 would display dark, but target #2 would display
very light. Figures below shows the signal with and without the TVG circuits.
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Left Channel
Right Channel
Computer
Sonar
Processor
Fish
Interface
board
CPU
transmit Pulse
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#2
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#2
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Signal with TVG
SP to PC Interface
(USB Cable)
TVG
Amplifiers
Содержание SSS-100K PC
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