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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Justin M. Johnson, Hudson, WI (US);
Kevin D. Landgrebe, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Moisture sensors that include a resonant circuit having a capacitive element and an inductive element, wherein the inductive element acts as an antenna; a conditionally conductive polymeric layer, wherein the conditionally conductive polymeric layer has a first level of conductivity when exposed to a first set of moisture conditions and has a second level of conductivity when exposed to a second set of moisture conditions; and an insulative layer disposed between the resonant circuit and the conditionally conductive polymeric layer.