Radio frequency waveguide communication in high temperature environments

US10826547B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Jonathan Gilson · Town of West Hartford, US
• Joseph V. Mantese · Ellington, US
• Goran Djuknic · New York, US
• Gurkan Gok · Ann Arbor, US
• Brenda J. Lisitano · Middletown, US
• Coy Bruce Wood · Ellington, US
• Sanjay Bajekal · Simsbury, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F05D2270/80
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system of a machine includes a network of a plurality of nodes distributed throughout the machine. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate through a plurality of electromagnetic signals. A controller is operable to communicate with the network of nodes through the electromagnetic signals. A plurality of waveguides is configured to confine transmission of the electromagnetic signals between the controller and one or more of the nodes. A radio frequency antenna is coupled to a first end of a first waveguide of the plurality of waveguides. A radio frequency transceiver is coupled between the controller and the radio frequency antenna. A capacitively coupled membrane at a second end of the first waveguide is configured to establish communication between the first waveguide and at least one node of the plurality of nodes.