Remote communication and powered sensing/control/identification devices using high temperature compatible semiconductor materials

A system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising:

• a network of a plurality of sensing/control/identification devices distributed throughout the gas turbine engine, each of the sensing/control/identification devices associated with at least one sub-system component of the gas turbine engine and operable to communicate through a plurality of electromagnetic signals;
• shielding surrounding at least one of the sensing/control/identification devices to contain the electromagnetic signals proximate to the at least one sub-system component;
• a communication path integrally formed in a component of the gas turbine engine to route a portion of the electromagnetic signals through the component;
• and
• a remote processing unit operable to communicate with the network of the sensing/control/identification devices through the electromagnetic signals, wherein at least a portion of the sensing/control/identification devices comprise a wide band gap semiconductor device and wherein at least a portion of the sensing/control/identification devices comprise an on-chip antenna.