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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Michael S. Lotito, New Market, MD (US);
Stergios J. Papadakis, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Ned A. Brokloff, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Michael S. Lotito, New Market, MD (US);
Stergios J. Papadakis, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Ned A. Brokloff, Ellicott City, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a carbon nanotube bundle and a controller. The carbon nanotube bundle is integrated into a host material and extends along a predetermined dimension of the host material. The controller is configured to control transmission of radio frequency energy through the carbon nanotube bundle to determine a round trip time between transmission and reception of the radio frequency energy at a proximal end of the carbon nanotube bundle responsive to reflection of the radio frequency energy at a distal end of the carbon nanotube bundle.