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US 2015/0085903 A1Published application
Wireless Connectors
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsDouglas B. Gundel, Zulfiqar A. Khan, Alexander W. Barr, Steven A. Neu
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Abstract
A wireless connector includes a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) (901, 902) disposed within a housing of the electronic system. Each PCB comprises a plurality of transceivers (910a, 910b, 920a, 920b) configured to wirelessly transmit and receive modulated carrier signals (910, 920). Each transceiver in the system is configured to receive signals transmitted by every other transceiver in the system.
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A wireless connector comprising:
- a first communication device configured to wirelessly transmit, by radiative coupling, a modulated signal comprising a carrier signal modulated with a digital signal;
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- a second communication device configured to receive the modulated signal, the first and second communication devices coupled through at least one wired connection that carries a signal used to demodulate the modulated signal.
A wireless transceiver system, comprising:
- a first printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a first transceiver assembly disposed thereon, the first transceiver assembly comprising:
- a first modulator for modulating a first carrier signal with a first digital signal to generate a first modulated carrier signal;
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- a first transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the first modulated carrier signal;
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- a second PCB comprising a second transceiver assembly disposed thereon, the second transceiver assembly comprising:
- a first receiver for wirelessly receiving the wirelessly transmitted first modulated carrier signal;
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- a first demodulator for demodulating the received first modulated carrier signal to extract the first digital signal,
- wherein the first transceiver assembly and the second transceiver assembly are connected through at least one wired connection that carries a signal used in demodulating the received first modulated carrier signal.
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A wireless transceiver system, comprising:
- a first printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a plurality of first transceivers disposed thereon, each first transceiver being adapted to modulate a first carrier signal with a first digital signal to generate a first modulated carrier signal and wirelessly transmit the first modulated carrier signal;
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- a second PCB comprising a plurality of second transceivers disposed thereon, each second transceiver being adapted to modulate a second carrier signal with a second digital signal to generate a second modulated carrier signal and wirelessly transmit the second modulated carrier signal;
- each first transceiver corresponding to a different second transceiver, each first transceiver being adapted to wirelessly receive the second modulated signal wirelessly transmitted by the second transceiver corresponding to the first transceiver and demodulate the received second modulated carrier signal to extract the second digital signal, each second transceiver being adapted to wirelessly receive the first modulated signal wirelessly transmitted by the first transceiver corresponding to the second transceiver and demodulate the received first modulated carrier signal to extract the first digital signal.
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A wireless transceiver system, comprising:
- a first printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a plurality of first transceivers disposed thereon, each first transceiver being adapted to modulate a first carrier signal with a first digital signal to generate a first modulated carrier signal and wirelessly transmit the first modulated carrier signal;
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- a second PCB comprising a plurality of second transceivers disposed thereon, each second transceiver being adapted to modulate a second carrier signal with a second digital signal to generate a second modulated carrier signal and wirelessly transmit the second modulated carrier signal;
- each first transceiver corresponding to a different second transceiver, each first transceiver being adapted to wirelessly receive the second modulated signal wirelessly transmitted by the second transceiver corresponding to the first transceiver and demodulate the received second modulated carrier signal to extract the second digital signal, each second transceiver being adapted to wirelessly receive the first modulated signal wirelessly transmitted by the first transceiver corresponding to the second transceiver and demodulate the received first modulated carrier signal to extract the first digital signal;
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- an insulating structure inserted between the first PCB and the second PCB.
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An electronic system comprising:
- a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) disposed within a housing of the electronic system, each PCB comprising a plurality of transceivers configured to wirelessly transmit and receive modulated carrier signals;
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- each transceiver in the system is configured to receive signals transmitted by every other transceiver in the system.
An electronic system comprising:
- a housing with multiple sections within the housing;
- a plurality of transceivers arranged within each of the multiple sections, the plurality of transceivers disposed on one or more printed circuit boards (PCBs), each of the transceivers of the plurality of transceivers configured to transmit and receive modulated carrier signals modulated by digital data, wherein each of the plurality of transceivers arranged with in each section is configured to receive modulated carrier signals transmitted by each of the other transceivers of the plurality of transceivers.
An electronic system comprising:
- a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs), each PCB comprising a first transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit a first carrier signal modulated by a first signal;
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- a cable spaced apart from each PCB in the plurality of PCBs and comprising a plurality of spaced apart radiation points disposed thereon, each radiation point being adapted to wirelessly transmit a second carrier signal modulated by a second digital signal and to receive the first carrier signal modulated by the first digital signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.