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Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Oliver Lips, Hamburg, DE;

Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Hamburg, DE;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3692 (2013.01); G01R 33/3621 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radio frequency (RF) antenna arrangement comprising an RF antenna element and an optical back-end. The RF antenna element comprises an electrically conductive loop, an electronic pre-amplifier and a photo-electrical conversion element. The optical back-end comprising an optical power source and a photodetector. The RF antenna element and the optical back-end being optically coupled, and wherein the optical power source is optically coupled to the photo-electrical conversion element. The photo-electrical conversion element generates upon incidence of optical power from the optical power source an electrical power signal to the pre-amplifier. The photo-electrical conversion element generates optical data signals from electrical data signals picked-up by the electrically conductive loop. The photo-electrical conversion element applies the optical data signals to the photodetector.


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