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Transponder-based microwave telemetry apparatus

  • US 20040017299A1
  • Filed: 07/29/2002
  • Published: 01/29/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A transponder-based microwave telemetry apparatus for moving machinery comprising:

  • a microwave transmitter disposed outside the moving machinery to fill a chamber of the moving machinery with microwave energy;

    a transponder disposed inside the moving machinery for measuring a sensed condition of a part of the moving machinery and providing a modulated microwave signal that contains information on the sensed condition; and

    a receiver disposed outside the moving machinery to separate modulated and continuous-wave signal components of the signal and extract information from the modulated component.

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