MINIATURE STIMULATING AND SENSING SYSTEM
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1. An electronic system for testing a material, the system comprising:
- at least one module for mechanically mounting to the material, said at least one module including;
a signal generator for generating a signal generator signal;
a stimulus signal delivering device (SSDD) and an SSDD circuit for providing a device signal to the material wherein said device signal is derived from said signal generator signal, and wherein said device signal provided to the material includes a first type of energy, wherein interaction of said device signal with said material produces an interaction signal, wherein said interaction signal includes said first type of energy; and
a sensor and a sensor circuit for receiving said interaction signal, wherein said sensor is sensitive to said first type of energy.
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Abstract
An electronic system for testing a material includes at least one module for mechanically mounting on the material. The module includes a signal generator for generating a signal generator signal. The module also includes a stimulus signal delivering device (SSDD) and an SSDD circuit for providing a device signal derived from said signal generator signal to the material. The module also includes a sensor and a sensor circuit for receiving an interaction signal derived from interaction of the device signal with the material.
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1. An electronic system for testing a material, the system comprising:
at least one module for mechanically mounting to the material, said at least one module including; a signal generator for generating a signal generator signal; a stimulus signal delivering device (SSDD) and an SSDD circuit for providing a device signal to the material wherein said device signal is derived from said signal generator signal, and wherein said device signal provided to the material includes a first type of energy, wherein interaction of said device signal with said material produces an interaction signal, wherein said interaction signal includes said first type of energy; and a sensor and a sensor circuit for receiving said interaction signal, wherein said sensor is sensitive to said first type of energy. - 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, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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49. A method of operating a structure, comprising:
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(a) mounting an stimulus signal delivering device (SSDD) and a sensor to a portion of the structure; (b) mounting a first electronic circuit to said portion for stimulating said SSDD to provide a device signal to said structure, wherein said device signal includes a first type of energy, wherein said sensor is sensitive to said first type of energy and wherein said sensor provides information based on sensing said first type of energy; (c) mounting a second electronic circuit to said structure for receiving said information from said sensor, wherein said second electronic circuit includes memory for storing said information; and (d) while operating the structure in normal operation using said first electronic circuit, said SSDD, said sensor, said information, and said second electronic circuit to determine a property of said portion. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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52. A method of operating a structure, comprising:
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(a) mounting a signal generator to the structure, said signal generator for generating a signal generator signal; (b) mounting a stimulus signal delivering device (SSDD) to the structure, said SSDD for providing a device signal to the structure wherein said device signal is derived from said signal generator signal, and wherein said device signal provided to the structure includes electromagnetic energy; and (c) mounting a circuit to the structure for receiving an interaction signal, wherein said interaction signal is derived from interaction of said device signal with the structure, wherein said circuit is sensitive to a signal from said structure wherein said signal from said structure includes electromagnetic energy.
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53. An electronic system for testing a material, the system comprising:
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a combining device having a first port, a second port, and an antenna port; a first RF signal source connected to said first port; an impedance spectroscopy circuit having a second RF signal source connected to said second port, wherein said second RF signal source provides an RF signal that varies over a range of frequencies; and a conductor coupled to the material and connected to said antenna port, wherein said conductor serves as both an antenna for RF communication and as a probe for impedance spectroscopy, wherein said conductor coupled to the material has an impedance at each frequency of said range of frequencies, wherein said impedance spectroscopy circuit is connected for detecting said impedance at each frequency of said range of frequencies, wherein said impedance spectroscopy circuit provides impedance data for determining a parameter of the material. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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