WIRELESS VOLTAGE SENSING DEVICE
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1. A voltage sensing apparatus, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
one or more inputs, comprising metal contacts, on the substrate;
an output, comprising a laser transmitter, on the substrate;
circuitry, on the substrate, electrically connecting and interfacing the inputs to the output; and
a power module on the substrate and electrically connected to the circuitry.
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Abstract
A voltage sensing apparatus on a semiconductor substrate, including one or more inputs comprising metal contacts, an output comprising a laser transmitter, circuitry electrically connecting and interfacing the inputs to the output; and a power module. A method of fabricating the apparatus is also described.
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20 Claims
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1. A voltage sensing apparatus, comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate; one or more inputs, comprising metal contacts, on the substrate; an output, comprising a laser transmitter, on the substrate; circuitry, on the substrate, electrically connecting and interfacing the inputs to the output; and a power module on the substrate and electrically connected to the circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of fabricating a voltage sensing device, comprising:
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providing one or more probe areas defined onto a semiconductor substrate; providing one or more metal contacts on the probe areas, wherein the metal contacts produce voltage waveforms in response to one or more stimuli external to the substrate; providing circuitry on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the circuitry includes; (i) a voltage to current converter circuit on the substrate and electrically connected to the metal contacts, wherein the voltage to current converter circuit converts the voltage waveforms into current waveforms, (ii) a modulator circuit on the substrate and electrically connected to the voltage to current converter circuit, wherein the modulator circuit modulates the current waveforms to form modulated waveforms; providing a laser transmitter and laser circuit on the semiconductor substrate, electrically connected to the modulator circuit, wherein the laser transmitter transmits the modulated waveform off the substrate; and providing a power module on the semiconductor substrate and in electrical connection with the circuitry, wherein the power module provides power to the laser transmitter and the circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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