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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Qi Hua, Wu Xi, CN;
Tonghe Liu, Pudong new district, CN;
Changyang Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Dong Wu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David Paul Lester, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Lionel Mongin, Chandler, AZ (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A device includes an antenna configured to be disposed within a cavity of an appliance. The appliance includes an electrode and the antenna includes a sheet of conductive material having a surface area that is equal to or greater than a surface area of the electrode. The device includes a voltage sensor coupled to the antenna, an output device, and a controller coupled to the voltage sensor and the output device. The controller is configured to generate an output at the output device. The output is determined by a voltage of the antenna.