Device for monitoring at least a physical characteristic of a building material
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1. A monitoring device for at least one physical characteristic of a building material, the monitoring device buried inside a block of the building material and comprising:
- a sensor buried inside the block of the building material and configured to sense the at least one physical characteristic and comprising a secondary inductor and a circuit coupled thereto, said circuit configured to generate an internal supply voltage for said sensor when immersed in a variable electromagnetic field and to transmit a signal representative of the physical characteristic; and
a wireless power supplier buried inside the block of the building material and configured to generate the variable electromagnetic field for said sensor and comprising a dielectric layer and a resonant L-C circuit therein, said resonant L-C circuit comprising a primary inductor configured to be magnetically coupled to said secondary inductor of said sensor, said wireless power supplier further comprising two current terminals extending from said dielectric layer to external the block of the building material so as to be coupleable to an external reading circuit for the signal;
said sensor being adjacent said dielectric layer so as to magnetically couple said primary inductor and said secondary inductor.
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Abstract
A monitoring device is for monitoring physical characteristics of a building material. The monitoring device is buried inside a block of the building material, and has a sensor to sense physical characteristics thereof. The sensor transmits a signal representative of the physical characteristics.
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1. A monitoring device for at least one physical characteristic of a building material, the monitoring device buried inside a block of the building material and comprising:
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a sensor buried inside the block of the building material and configured to sense the at least one physical characteristic and comprising a secondary inductor and a circuit coupled thereto, said circuit configured to generate an internal supply voltage for said sensor when immersed in a variable electromagnetic field and to transmit a signal representative of the physical characteristic; and a wireless power supplier buried inside the block of the building material and configured to generate the variable electromagnetic field for said sensor and comprising a dielectric layer and a resonant L-C circuit therein, said resonant L-C circuit comprising a primary inductor configured to be magnetically coupled to said secondary inductor of said sensor, said wireless power supplier further comprising two current terminals extending from said dielectric layer to external the block of the building material so as to be coupleable to an external reading circuit for the signal; said sensor being adjacent said dielectric layer so as to magnetically couple said primary inductor and said secondary inductor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A monitoring device for a physical characteristic of a building material comprising:
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a sensor buried inside the building material and configured to sense the physical characteristic and comprising a circuit configured to generate an internal supply voltage based upon a variable field and to transmit a signal representative of the physical characteristic; and a wireless power supplier buried inside the building material and configured to generate the variable field for said sensor and comprising a resonant L-C circuit, and external terminals that extend external the building material so as to be coupleable to an external reading circuit for the signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of making a monitoring device for at least one physical characteristic of a building material, the monitoring device buried inside a block of the building material and comprising:
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configuring a sensor buried inside the block of the building material to sense the at least one physical characteristic, the sensor comprising a secondary inductor and a circuit coupled thereto, and configuring the circuit to generate an internal supply voltage for the sensor when immersed in a variable electromagnetic field and to transmit a signal representative of the physical characteristic; and configuring a wireless power supplier buried inside the block of the building material to generate a variable electromagnetic field for the sensor, the wireless power supplier comprising a resonant L-C circuit in a dielectric layer, the resonant L-C circuit having a primary inductor configured to be magnetically coupled to the secondary inductor of the sensor, the wireless power supplier further comprising two current terminals extending from the dielectric layer to external the block of the building material so as to be coupleable to an external reading circuit for the signal, the sensor being adjacent the dielectric layer so as to magnetically couple the primary inductor and the secondary inductor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of making a monitoring device for at least one physical characteristic of a building material comprising:
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configuring a sensor buried inside the building material and configured to sense the physical characteristic, the sensor comprising a circuit, and configuring the circuit to generate an internal supply voltage when immersed in a variable field and to transmit a signal representative of the physical characteristic; and configuring a wireless power supplier buried inside the building material to generate the variable field, the wireless power supplier comprising a resonant L-C circuit for the sensor, and external terminals that extend external the building material so as to be coupleable to an external reading circuit for the signal. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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