Printed circuit board with integrated antenna and implantable sensor processing system with integrated printed circuit board antenna
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1. A printed circuit device, comprising:
- a substrate including a circuit component section and a coil section that is separate from the circuit component section, said substrate being formed substantially of ferrite material, said substrate having top and bottom surfaces, first and second side surfaces between said top and bottom surfaces along a major dimension thereof, and first and second end surfaces between said top and bottom surfaces along a minor dimension thereof;
at least one circuit component mounted to a main surface of said substrate in said circuit component section; and
a conductor formed around said coil section of said substrate and extending over one of said main surfaces and side surfaces in a coil pattern; and
wherein said printed circuit device is a component of an implantable sensor device that is capable of performing quantitative analyte measurements within a body of a living organism.
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Abstract
A printed circuit device used in conjunction with inductive power and data transmission applications is formed substantially of ferrite material, with an inductive coil conductor formed around the substrate to increase the electromagnetic properties of the coil for both power and data transmission functions, thereby eliminating the need for a discrete ferrite core wire-wound coil to be connected to the circuit device.
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23 Claims
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1. A printed circuit device, comprising:
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a substrate including a circuit component section and a coil section that is separate from the circuit component section, said substrate being formed substantially of ferrite material, said substrate having top and bottom surfaces, first and second side surfaces between said top and bottom surfaces along a major dimension thereof, and first and second end surfaces between said top and bottom surfaces along a minor dimension thereof; at least one circuit component mounted to a main surface of said substrate in said circuit component section; and a conductor formed around said coil section of said substrate and extending over one of said main surfaces and side surfaces in a coil pattern; and wherein said printed circuit device is a component of an implantable sensor device that is capable of performing quantitative analyte measurements within a body of a living organism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In an electronic device having an integrated circuit formed on a printed circuit device and an inductive coil for data and/or power transfer, the improvement comprising:
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forming a substrate of said printed circuit device substantially of ferrite material such that said substrate includes a coil section and a separate circuit component section; and forming the inductive coil around said coil section of said substrate of the printed circuit device and using said printed circuit device as a ferrite core for said inductive coil; and wherein said printed circuit device is a component of an implantable sensor device that is capable of performing quantitative analyte measurements within a body of a living organism.
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14. A fluorescence sensor device, comprising:
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a light source for introducing light into a fluorescent indicator that interacts with a medium; a photodetector for detecting light emitted by said fluorescent indicator in response to the introduced light, and for outputting a signal proportional to the detected light, the response of the fluorescent indicator varying in accordance with the presence and quantity of an analyte in the medium; a coil for receiving electrical power from an external power supply, and for communicating said signal to an external processing device; and a substrate including a circuit component section and a coil section that is separate from the circuit component section, said substrate being formed substantially of ferrite material, said light source and said photodetector being mounted to said circuit component section of said substrate, and said coil being formed around said coil section of said substrate such that said ferrite material increases induction characteristics of said coil. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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