Appliance for wireless power and data transfer
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a power transmitter;
a data receiver; and
an antenna operatively coupled to the power transmitter and data receiver, and configured to switchably transmit energy from the power transmitter to power a sensor, and receive data to the data receiver from the sensor according to a time-division multiplexing (TDM) scheme to synchronize a switch of the apparatus with a switch of the sensor so that a frequency being used by the antenna is the same for both transmission of the energy and reception of the data.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a power transmitter, data receiver, and an antenna operatively coupled to the power transmitter and data receiver. The antenna being configured to switchably transmit energy from the power transmitter to power a sensor, and receive data to the data receiver from the sensor in which a frequency being used by the antenna is the same for both transmission of the energy and reception of the data.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a power transmitter; a data receiver; and an antenna operatively coupled to the power transmitter and data receiver, and configured to switchably transmit energy from the power transmitter to power a sensor, and receive data to the data receiver from the sensor according to a time-division multiplexing (TDM) scheme to synchronize a switch of the apparatus with a switch of the sensor so that a frequency being used by the antenna is the same for both transmission of the energy and reception of the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for controlling an apparatus comprising an antenna operatively coupled to a power transmitter and data receiver, the method comprising at the antenna:
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transmitting energy from the power transmitter to power a sensor; and receiving data to the data receiver from the sensor, transmitting energy and receiving data including switchably transmitting energy and receiving data according to a time-division multiplexing (TDM) scheme to synchronize a switch of the apparatus with a switch of the sensor so that a frequency being used by the antenna is the same for both transmission of the energy and reception of the data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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