HYBRID SENSOR/COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A hybrid sensor/communication device comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication device, wherein the RFID device includes;
an antenna; and
a crystalline inorganic semiconductor integrated circuit coupled to the antenna to facilitate communication to devices external to the hybrid device; and
a sensor device operatively coupled to the crystalline inorganic semiconductor integrated circuit;
wherein the sensor device includes at least one of an organic semiconductor material or an amorphous inorganic semiconductor material.
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Abstract
A hybrid sensor/communication device includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication device coupled to a sensor device that includes organic and/or amorphous semiconductor material. The organic and/or amorphous semiconductor material may be printed atop a substrate of the device, the same substrate upon which antenna elements of the RFID device are located. The organic and/or amorphous semiconductor material may form an organic/amorphous semiconductor material processor that is coupled to sensor pads of the sensor device. An integrated circuit of the RFID device, which may be a part of an interposer or strap, and which may utilize an inorganic crystalline semiconductor material such as crystalline silicon, is coupled to the organic/amorphous semiconductor material processor. The RFID device provides power to the sensor device, and allows communication between the sensor device and external devices outside of the hybrid sensor/communication device.
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20 Claims
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1. A hybrid sensor/communication device comprising:
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a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication device, wherein the RFID device includes; an antenna; and a crystalline inorganic semiconductor integrated circuit coupled to the antenna to facilitate communication to devices external to the hybrid device; and a sensor device operatively coupled to the crystalline inorganic semiconductor integrated circuit; wherein the sensor device includes at least one of an organic semiconductor material or an amorphous inorganic semiconductor material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of making a hybrid sensor/communication device, the method including:
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forming a sensor device on a metal layer, wherein the sensor device includes at least one of an organic semiconductor material or an amorphous inorganic semiconductor material; removing part of the metal layer, to separate an antenna of the metal layer from one or more metal pieces of the metal layer upon which the sensor device is located; and coupling a crystalline inorganic semiconductor integrated circuit to the antenna, to thereby produce a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication device operatively coupled to the sensor device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method of sensing and communicating, the method comprising:
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providing a hybrid sensor/communication device that includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication device that has a crystalline inorganic semiconductor integrated circuit, and a sensor device operatively coupled to the semiconductor integrated circuit, wherein the sensor device includes at least one of an organic semiconductor material or an amorphous inorganic semiconductor material; sensing one or more physical, chemical or biological parameters using the sensor device; and communicating information regarding the one or more physical, chemical or biological parameters from the RFID device to an external device that is physically separated from the hybrid device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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