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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Thomas D. Simon, Marlborough, MA (US);
Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Providence, RI (US);
Nandu J. Marketkar, Boylston, MA (US);
Thomas F. Knight, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);
John R. Benham, Westborough, MA (US);
Thomas D. Simon, Marlborough, MA (US);
Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Providence, RI (US);
Nandu J. Marketkar, Boylston, MA (US);
Thomas F. Knight, Jr., Belmont, MA (US);
John R. Benham, Westborough, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for transferring data through an electromagnetic coupler. The apparatus comprises a transmitter to encode a first plurality of bits into a symbol, a receiver to decode a transferred symbol into a second plurality of bits; and a coupling element having a geometry that provides robust electromagnetic transfer of the symbol and the transferred symbol. For one embodiment of the apparatus, the coupling element has a zig-zag geometry.