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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Inventors:
Tanuj Saxena, Troy, NY (US);
Partha Sarathi Dutta, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Serguei Lvovich Roumiantsev, Troy, NY (US);
Michael Shur, Latham, NY (US);
Assignee:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/46 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); H01L 27/144 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/46 (2013.01); G01J 1/4228 (2013.01); H01L 27/144 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor system, device and method for generating a wireless signal in response to a sensed illumination. A sensor is disclosed having: a photosensitive element; a device that converts a sensed illumination detected by the photosensitive element into a corresponding impedance response; and a wireless signal generator that generates a wireless output based on a characteristic of the corresponding impedance response, wherein the wireless output correlates to the sensed illumination.