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Multi-dimensional damage detection

  • US 9,233,765 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2012
  • Issued: 01/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a panel including a plurality of detection layers, each detection layer including a substrate and a plurality of conductive traces coupled to the substrate, each detection layer separated from one another by one or more non-detection layers, wherein the plurality of detection layers form a grid of conductive traces and wherein each detection layer includes one or more known defect traces, and wherein the panel has a trace continuity signature that is defined by the known defect traces of the detection layers in the panel; and

    a monitor coupled to the grid of conductive traces, wherein the monitor is configured to detect damage to the panel in response to an electrical property change with respect to one or more of the conductive traces.

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