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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Hao-han Hsu, Portland, OR (US);
Songnan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Dong-ho Han, Beaverton, OR (US);
Chung-hao J. Chen, Portland, OR (US);
Hao-Han Hsu, Portland, OR (US);
Songnan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Dong-Ho Han, Beaverton, OR (US);
Chung-Hao J. Chen, Portland, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A patch-based proximity sensor having a capacitance and/or inductance that varies based on a proximity of an animate body, a sense circuit to sense the capacitance and/or inductance, and a control system to compare one or more sensed values to one or more thresholds, and to selectively enable/disable one or more antennas based on the comparison(s). The threshold may correspond to a desired/permitted minimum distance between an antenna and an animate body, and/or a desired/permitted maximum electromagnetic energy exposure to the animate body. A multi-layer module may include one or more patch-based proximity sensors and one or more patch-antennas. Multiple antennas may be individually controllable based on corresponding proximity measures.