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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald F Shea, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Target Microwave, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340580 ; 2441 / ; 340691 ; 34081565 ; 340962 ;
Abstract
The invention is to a system and method for detecting materials on a conductive surface and measuring the thickness and permittvity of the material. A polarized Radio Frequency signal is reflected from a conduction surface having a material thereon. The reflected de-polarized signal is then processed to determine the thickness and permittivity of the material on the conductive surface.