Acoustic galvanic isolator
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1. An acoustic galvanic isolator, comprising:
- a carrier signal source;
a modulator connected to receive an information signal and the carrier signal;
a demodulator; and
an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler connected between the modulator and the demodulator.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the acoustic galvanic isolator comprise a carrier signal source, a modulator connected to receive an information signal and the carrier signal, a demodulator, and an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler connected between the modulator and the demodulator. In an exemplary embodiment, the electrically-isolating acoustic coupler comprises film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs). An electrically-isolating acoustic coupler is physically small and is inexpensive to fabricate yet is capable of passing information signals having data rates in excess of 100 Mbit/s and has a substantial breakdown voltage between its inputs and its outputs.
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38 Claims
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1. An acoustic galvanic isolator, comprising:
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a carrier signal source;
a modulator connected to receive an information signal and the carrier signal;
a demodulator; and
an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler connected between the modulator and the demodulator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for galvanically isolating an information signal, the method comprising:
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providing an electrically-isolating acoustic coupler;
providing a carrier signal;
modulating the carrier signal with the information signal to form a modulated electrical signal;
acoustically coupling the modulated electrical signal through the electrically-isolating acoustic coupler; and
recovering the information signal from the modulated electrical signal acoustically coupled through the electrically-isolating acoustic coupler. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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