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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Jonathan Gilson, West Hartford, CT (US);
Joseph V. Mantese, Ellington, CT (US);
Goran Djuknic, New York, NY (US);
Gurkan Gok, Milford, CT (US);
Brenda J. Lisitano, Middletown, CT (US);
Coy Bruce Wood, Ellington, CT (US);
Sanjay Bajekal, Simsbury, CT (US);
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A system of a machine includes a network of a plurality of nodes distributed throughout the machine. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate through a plurality of electromagnetic signals. A controller is operable to communicate with the network of nodes through the electromagnetic signals. A plurality of waveguides is configured to confine transmission of the electromagnetic signals between the controller and one or more of the nodes. A radio frequency antenna is coupled to a first end of a first waveguide of the plurality of waveguides. A radio frequency transceiver is coupled between the controller and the radio frequency antenna. A capacitively coupled membrane at a second end of the first waveguide is configured to establish communication between the first waveguide and at least one node of the plurality of nodes.