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Remote power distribution

  • US 8,983,386 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2013
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication system comprising:

  • a sensor including a leaky wave antenna, said sensor being powered utilizing energy from a radio frequency signal received via said leaky wave antenna, said sensor being configured to;

    recover a baseband signal from said radio frequency signal;

    generate a sensor reading in response to said baseband signal;

    communicate said sensor reading to a source of said radio frequency signal via a backscattered signal generated by the leaky wave antenna in accordance with one or more of a plurality of feed points of the leaky wave antenna, each situated at a different location with respect to a distance between surfaces of the leaky wave antenna.

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