Microelectronic device with integrated energy source
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- an electronic device having a plurality of substantially collocated components, the plurality of components including;
an antenna;
an energy supply;
an integrated circuit chip electrically coupled to the antenna and the energy supply; and
an energy harvesting device configured to convert non-electrical energy to electrical energy supplied to the energy supply; and
a material substantially enclosing the electronic device.
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Abstract
An apparatus including an electronic device having a plurality of substantially collocated components, the plurality of components including an antenna, an energy supply and an integrated circuit chip. The integrated circuit chip is electrically coupled to the antenna and the energy supply. A material substantially encloses the electronic device.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
an electronic device having a plurality of substantially collocated components, the plurality of components including; an antenna; an energy supply; an integrated circuit chip electrically coupled to the antenna and the energy supply; and an energy harvesting device configured to convert non-electrical energy to electrical energy supplied to the energy supply; and a material substantially enclosing the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 57)
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2. An apparatus, comprising:
an electronic device having a plurality of substantially collocated components, the plurality of components including; an antenna; a solid state energy supply; a microcontroller integrated circuit chip electrically coupled to the antenna and the solid state energy supply; an energy harvesting device configured to convert non-electrical energy to electrical energy, the energy harvesting device being electrically coupled to the solid state energy supply and being electrically coupled to the microcontroller integrated circuit chip via the solid state energy supply; and a material substantially enclosing the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic device having a plurality of substantially collocated components, the plurality of components including; an antenna; a solid state energy supply; and a microcontroller integrated circuit chip electrically coupled to the antenna and the solid state energy supply; and a material completely encapsulates the electronic device and at least an outer surface of the material is surgically sterile and provides for collection of external device sensory stimulus; wherein the microcontroller integrated circuit chip includes environmental sensory circuitry configured to perform at least one of detection and communication of a characteristic associated with an environment that is external to the material; wherein the environmental sensory circuitry includes biometric sensory circuitry configured to detect a biometric characteristic of a living animal proximate the apparatus; and wherein the biometric sensory circuitry is operable to receive at least one of acoustical input data and electrical impulse data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 58)
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38. An apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic device having a plurality of substantially collocated components, the plurality of components including; an antenna; a solid state energy supply; a microcontroller integrated circuit chip electrically coupled to the antenna and the solid state energy supply; a power actuator electrically coupled to at least one of the microcontroller integrated circuit chip and the solid state energy supply and configured for at least one of electrical actuation, mechanical actuation and thermal actuation; and a material substantially enclosing the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59)
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