Operating general purpose hardware as radio

US10295593B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · US

Inventors

• Tyler Shake · Baltimore, US
• Joshua N. Edmison · Ellicott City, US
• John Dishon · San Diego, US
• John-Francis Mergen · Baltimore, US
• Zachary Leuschner · Fairfax, US
• Christopher Wilder · Pikesville, US
• Thomas Wilkerson · Logan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2018
• Grant date: May 21, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F11/3058
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments includes an apparatus and method that intentionally illuminate a device with RF energy having specific characteristics (e.g., frequency, power, waveform, directionality, duration, etc.) to make a conductor of the device a transmitter. A method can include identifying data to be transmitted by the one or more conductors and providing a signal to the electrical or electronic circuitry to cause the electrical or electronic circuitry to change state and produce a first signal on the one or more conductors. The one or more conductors can produce a forced non-linear emission (FNLE) that is a mixture of the first signal and an electromagnetic wave incident thereon that, when decoded by an external device, corresponds to the data.