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US 11,697,458 B2Granted
Systems with radio frequency resonators, tuning elements, and spectrum analyzers to provide values of resonance parameters
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsSiva RaghuRam Prasad Chennupati, Sandeep Tallada
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Abstract
A system comprises: a radio frequency (RF) resonator comprising a cavity and a tuning element, the cavity having at least one port, and the tuning element having a length inside the cavity; a processor; a spectrum analyzer coupled to the at least one port, the spectrum analyzer to provide to the processor values of a resonance parameter, the resonance parameter indicative of a resonant wavelength of the RF resonator; and an automotive steering mechanism coupled to the tuning element.
Claims9
A system comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) resonator comprising a cavity and a tuning element, the cavity having at least one port, and the tuning element having a length inside the cavity;
- a processor;
- a spectrum analyzer coupled to the at least one port, the spectrum analyzer to provide to the processor values of a resonance parameter, the resonance parameter indicative of a resonant wavelength of the RF resonator;
- and
- an automotive transmission coupled to the tuning element;
- wherein the at least one port comprises a first port and a second port, the system further comprising:
- a first loop antenna coupled to the first port;
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- a second loop antenna coupled to the second port;
- wherein the spectrum analyzer comprises an RF transmitter and an RF receiver, the RF transmitter comprising an output port coupled to the first loop antenna, and the RF receiver comprising an input port coupled to the second loop antenna.
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A system comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) resonator comprising a cavity and a tuning element, the cavity having at least one port, and the tuning element having a length inside the cavity;
- a processor;
- a spectrum analyzer coupled to the at least one port, the spectrum analyzer to provide to the processor values of a resonance parameter, the resonance parameter indicative of a resonant wavelength of the RF resonator;
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- an automotive transmission coupled to the tuning element;
- wherein the at least one port comprises a first port, the system further comprising:
- a loop antenna coupled to the first port;
- wherein the spectrum analyzer comprises an RF transmitter, the RF transmitter comprising an output port coupled to the loop antenna, and wherein the spectrum analyzer measures a reflected power in response to transmission by the RF transmitter to provide to the processor the values of the resonance parameter.
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