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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Rolf G. Kasper, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Anthony B. Bruno, East Lyme, CT (US);
James D. Hagerty, Tiverton, RI (US);
Promode R. Bandyopadhyay, Barrington, RI (US);
Rolf G. Kasper, Old Lyme, CT (US);
Anthony B. Bruno, East Lyme, CT (US);
James D. Hagerty, Tiverton, RI (US);
Promode R. Bandyopadhyay, Barrington, RI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A wireless power transmission and communication network that provides efficient interrogation and powering of sensors for use on undersea vehicles. The present invention employs a wave-guide that allows the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a dielectric material that covers the exterior of an undersea vehicle's hull. Embedded within the dielectric material is an N dimensional array of Micro Electronic Mechanical Systems sensing devices coupled with radio frequency (RF) decoders and transceivers, and strips of conductive metal tape. Electromagnetic waves such as microwaves propagate through the dielectric material both powering the sensor network and addressing and interrogating individual sensing devices. The sensing devices take readings and then format and transmit the data results back across the wave-guide where they are received and processed by a digital processor within the hull of the undersea vehicle.