Wireless spread-spectrum telesensor chip with synchronous digital architecture

US6864802B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UT-BATTELLE, LLC · US

Inventors

• Stephen F. Smith · Knoxville, US
• Gary W. Turner · Clinton, US
• Alan L. Wintenberg · Knoxville, US
• Michael Emery · Scotts Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S257/924
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fully integrated wireless spread-spectrum sensor incorporating all elements of an “intelligent” sensor on a single circuit chip is capable of telemetering data to a receiver. Synchronous control of all elements of the chip provides low-cost, low-noise, and highly robust data transmission, in turn enabling the use of low-cost monolithic receivers.