Technologies for multifunction sensor devices and microcontroller-based interface module
AssigneeThe Texas A&M University System
InventorShuza Binzaid
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Abstract
Technologies for multifunction sensor devices include a multifunction sensor having a pair of electrodes separated by a thin film polymer. The multifunction sensor is coupled to a nano-amplifier that receives a sensor signal and amplifies the sensor signal to generate an amplified sensor signal. A controller coupled to the nano-amplifier processes the amplified sensor signal based on the type of the multifunction sensor device to generate sensor data. The type of the multifunction sensor device may be a static charge sensor, a high-energy particle sensor, a microwave sensor, or an ultraviolet/X-ray sensor. The sensor data may be output, for example, to an external computing device via a serial link.
Claims18
A multifunction sensor device comprising:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are flat;
- a thin film polymer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode;
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- a second thin film polymer coupled to the first electrode, wherein the second thin film polymer is positioned opposite the thin film polymer;
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- a controller coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and configured to process sensor signal data based on a type of the multifunction sensor device to generate sensor data;
- wherein the first electrode comprises a metallic sheet and the second electrode comprises a metallic sheet, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode have equal area.
A system for multifunction sensor processing, the system comprising:
- a multifunction sensor device comprising (i) a first electrode, (ii) a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are flat, and (iii) a thin film polymer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a nano-amplifier coupled to the multifunction sensor device, wherein the nano-amplifier is configured to (i) receive a sensor signal from the multifunction sensor device and (ii) amplify the sensor signal to generate an amplified sensor signal;
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- a controller coupled to the nano-amplifier, the controller configured to (i) receive the amplified sensor signal from the nano-amplifier, (ii) process the amplified sensor signal based on a type of the multifunction sensor device to generate sensor data, and (iii) output the sensor data.
One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed, cause a controller to:
- receive an amplified sensor signal from an amplifier coupled to a multifunction sensor device;
- process the amplified sensor signal based on a type of the multifunction sensor device to generate sensor data;
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- output the sensor data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.