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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
David Loren Carroll, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Tadhg O'Gara, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Thomas Smith, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/16 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/005 (2013.01); G01L 1/22 (2013.01); G01L 1/2287 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, wireless strain gauges are described herein. In some embodiments, a wireless strain gauge comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a nano-composite backplane coupled to the RFID tag, wherein the resonant frequency of the RFID tag antenna demonstrates an exponential dependence or substantially exponential dependence on the strain sensed by the strain gauge.