Patent ID: 7117134

Claim:
A ultrasonic testing system operable to generate and sample sonic energy signal(s) in a manufactured object that results in an improved signal to noise ratio (SNR) within the sampled sonic energy signal(s), comprising: a sonic energy signal generator having a set of operating characteristic(s), wherein the sonic energy signal generator is operable to generate sonic energy signals within the manufactured object, and wherein the ultrasonic testing system is operable to sample these sonic energy signals; and a model processor, communicatively coupled to the sonic energy signal generator, wherein the model processor operable to determine a set of operating characteristic(s) that result in the improved SNR of the sampled sonic energy signals, and wherein the sonic energy signal generator is operable to generate the sonic energy signal(s) within the manufactured object based on the determined set of operating characteristic(s) that result in the improved SNR of the sampled sonic energy signals.