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Communication system with enhanced partial power source and method of manufacturing same

  • US 9,962,107 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2014
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing a plurality of communication devices, wherein each of the plurality of communication devices comprises a non-conducting membrane and a partial power source, the method comprising:

  • cutting a plurality of openings into a sheet of non-conducting membrane material to produce an assembly membrane sheet, wherein the shape of each opening corresponds to the shape of a framework of each of the plurality of communication devices, and wherein each framework comprises a support structure comprising a plurality of surfaces;

    inserting one framework selected from a plurality of frameworks into each opening of the assembly membrane sheet, wherein each of the plurality of frameworks is prepared according to a process that comprises depositing a transition metal on an opposite surface of its respective support structure from a surface of its respective support structure having an adhesive material;

    depositing a conductive material onto the assembly membrane sheet on a side of the assembly membrane sheet opposite the transition metal to produce an adhesion membrane sheet, wherein the conductive material defines a plurality of holes;

    depositing a first material onto the adhesion membrane sheet on the side of the assembly membrane sheet with the adhesive material, wherein the first material adheres to the conductive material; and

    depositing a second material onto the transition metal to produce a partial power device sheet;

    wherein the partial power source of each of the plurality of communication devices comprises the first material and the second material which are configured to produce a voltage potential difference when the first material and the second material come into contact with an electrically conductive fluid.

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