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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Ronald R Jahn, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Ruth E Hubbell, Milwaukee, WI (US);
David L McClanahan, Cedarburry, WI (US);
Walter L Rutchik, New Berlin, WI (US);
Gordon Barr Spellman, Mequon, WI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A circuit assembly senses a state of a variable state device, wherein a data signal representative of the state is communicated via wireless telegraphy. A surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, having a plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs) comprises a wave launching IDT and a state information IDT, wherein the plurality of IDTs are in acoustical communication and the state information IDT is in electrical communication with an antenna through the variable state device. An RF transceiver communicates a trigger signal to the SAW device, wherein the trigger signal causes a launching of a SAW wave from the wave launching IDT towards the state information IDT. The state information IDT generates a signal pulse in response thereto and communicates the pulse to the antenna through the variable state device. A transceiver control module, in operative communication with the RF transceiver enables communication of the trigger signal and reads the data signal, wherein the trigger signal and data signal are communicated between the RF transceiver in the SAW device via wireless telegraphy.