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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Yogesh B. Gianchandani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ranjit Gharpurey, Austin, TX (US);
Christine K. Eun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yogesh B. Gianchandani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ranjit Gharpurey, Austin, TX (US);
Christine K. Eun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and devices capable of wireless communications based on RF transmissions from discharges. A transmitting device includes a discharge generator having a plurality of electrodes spaced to support generation of the discharge, and a circuit coupled to the plurality of spaced electrodes to control a supply for the discharge generator. In some embodiments, controlling the supply for the discharge generator modifies a property of the discharge to modulate the RF transmission such that the resulting RF transmission is indicative of the device state or other information to be communicated.