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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald E Stafford, Wylie, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34087001 ; 34087011 ; 34082554 ; 34087003 ; 34087002 ; 34087031 ; 455500 ; 455507 ;
Abstract
A system for transmitting data, comprising an interrogator (14) for transmitting an interrogation signal, a plurality of data collectors (12) for collecting data, a plurality of transponders (11) each coupled to a corresponding data collector (12) and each operable to receive the interrogation signal and to use the energy of the interrogation signal to transmit a response signal containing data from the data collector (12) associated with the transponder and wherein the interrogator (14) is further operable to receive the response signal from the transponders (11).