Smart structure with non-contact power and data interface
US5440300A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C17/04
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Embedded smart structures include active electronics which control and collect data from sensors and actuators and transmit data to the exterior of a body by electromagnetic antenna radiation to a conformal power and data interrogation interface. Multiple embedded smart structures are powered and interrogated by a network of conformal powering and interrogation units. Multiple embedded sensors each having an antenna with a defined narrow band resonant frequency are powered and interrogated by a single external powering and data interrogation antenna.
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