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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Verily Life Sciences Llc, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Shungneng Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tong Zhang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus with a built-in self-test includes a sensor electrode, an impedance sensor coupled to the sensor electrode to measure a test impedance of the sensor electrode as influenced by an external load, a secondary electrode disposed adjacent to the sensor electrode to inductively couple with the sensor electrode and influence the external load on the sensor electrode, a first switch coupled to the secondary electrode to selectively change a second impedance of the secondary electrode, and a controller coupled to the impedance sensor and the first switch. The controller includes logic for adjusting the first switch to wirelessly load the sensor electrode with the secondary electrode in a predetermined impedance state, measuring the test impedance with the impedance sensor while the secondary electrode is in the predetermined impedance state, and comparing the measured test impedance against a threshold impedance range to perform a self-test.