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US 2010/0132469 A1Published application
Nano-PWAS: Structurally Integrated Thin-Film Active Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring
AssigneeUniversity of South Carolina
InventorsVictor Giurgiutiu, Bin Lin
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Abstract
In an exemplary configuration, a system for structural health monitoring is provided. The system includes a battery-less nano-PWAS device, the device comprising an array of nano-PWAS transducers and a tag antenna.
Claims20
A system for structural health monitoring comprising:
- a battery-less nano-PWAS device, the device comprising an array of nano-PWAS transducers and a tag antenna.
A method for fabricating a battery-less nano-PWAS device comprising
- forming a plurality of single-layer thin-film nano PWAS layers and stacking such single layers to form a plurality of multiple-layer nano-PWAS;
- placing multiple-layer nano-PWAS adjacent to one another to form an array of nano-PWAS transducers.
A method for structural health monitoring comprising:
- utilizing a system to perform structural health monitoring analysis, the system comprising a battery-less nano-PWAS device and a computer, wherein the device comprises an array of nano-PWAS transducers and a tag antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.