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Title: Low-profile wireless passive resonators for sensing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1349680

A resonator for sensing a physical or an environmental parameter includes a support having a top surface that provides a ground plane, and a polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) element positioned on the top surface including a PDC layer, and a metal patch on the PDC layer. The metal patch is electrically isolated from all surrounding structure, and the resonator has a resonant frequency that changes as a function of the physical or environmental parameter. A system for wirelessly sensing a physical or environmental parameter includes at least one resonator and a wireless RF reader located remotely from the resonator for transmitting a wide-band RF interrogation signal that excites the resonator. The wireless RF reader detects a sensing signal retransmitted by the resonator and includes a processor for determining the physical or environmental parameter at the location of the resonator from the sensing signal.

Research Organization:
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. Orlando, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FE0001241
Assignee:
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Patent Number(s):
9,612,164
Application Number:
14/338,489
OSTI ID:
1349680
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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