Wireless Sensing System Using Open-Circuit, Electrically-Conductive Spiral-Trace Sensor
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1. A wireless sensing system, comprising:
- an electrical conductor having first and second ends and shaped to form a spiral between said first and second ends, said conductor so-shaped defining an open-circuit having inductance and capacitance wherein, in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, said conductor so-shaped resonates to generate a harmonic magnetic field response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth; and
a magnetic field response recorder for wirelessly transmitting said time-varying magnetic field to said conductor so-shaped and for wirelessly detecting said frequency, amplitude and bandwidth.
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Abstract
A wireless sensing system includes a sensor made from an electrical conductor shaped to form an open-circuit, electrically-conductive spiral trace having inductance and capacitance. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the sensor resonates to generate a harmonic response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. A magnetic field response recorder wirelessly transmits the time-varying magnetic field to the sensor and wirelessly detects the sensor'"'"'s response frequency, amplitude and bandwidth.
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1. A wireless sensing system, comprising:
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an electrical conductor having first and second ends and shaped to form a spiral between said first and second ends, said conductor so-shaped defining an open-circuit having inductance and capacitance wherein, in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, said conductor so-shaped resonates to generate a harmonic magnetic field response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth; and a magnetic field response recorder for wirelessly transmitting said time-varying magnetic field to said conductor so-shaped and for wirelessly detecting said frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless sensing system, comprising:
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a non-conductive substrate; an open-circuit electrically-conductive spiral trace deposited on said substrate, said spiral trace having inductance and capacitance that (i) allows said spiral trace to generate a harmonic magnetic field response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, and (ii) causes said amplitude to be at least 10 dB more than ambient noise; and a magnetic field response recorder for wirelessly transmitting said time-varying magnetic field to said spiral trace and for wirelessly detecting said frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless sensing system, comprising:
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a non-conductive, flexible substrate; an open-circuit electrically-conductive spiral trace deposited on said substrate, said spiral trace having inductance and capacitance that (i) allows said spiral trace to generate a harmonic magnetic field response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, and (ii) causes said amplitude to be at least 10dB more than ambient noise; a dielectric material disposed between adjacent portions of said spiral trace and on said spiral trace wherein said spiral trace is encased by said substrate and said dielectric material; and a magnetic field response recorder for wirelessly transmitting said time-varying magnetic field to said spiral trace and for wirelessly detecting said frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A wireless sensing system, comprising:
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an arrangement of inductively, wherein said arrangement is fixed; each said sensor being an electrical conductor having first and second ends, said conductor shaped to form a spiral between said first and second ends and further shaped to define an open-circuit having inductance and capacitance; at least one said sensor directly powered and interrogated by a magnetic field response recorder wherein, in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, said sensor resonates to generate one or more harmonic responses each having a frequency, amplitude, and bandwidth resulting from resonant responses of said inductively coupled arrangement of sensors; said responses of said arrangement of sensors correlated to the magnitude of one or more physical quantities; and a magnetic field response recorder for (i) wirelessly transmitting said time-varying magnetic field to said sensor directly powered and interrogated and (ii) for wirelessly detecting said frequencies, amplitudes and bandwidths of all said arranged sensors. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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