Wireless remote sensing power meter
AssigneeDaisyRS, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Rapadas
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Abstract
A remote radio frequency (RF) power sensing unit including a first module and a second module. The first module may be configured to generate a digital output representative of a power level of a radio frequency (RF) signal. The second module may be configured to convert the digital output of the first module to a digital signal communicating the power level and transmit the digital signal communicating the power level over a wireless communication channel using a wireless protocol.
Claims20
A remote radio frequency power sensing unit comprising:
- a first module configured to generate an analog signal representative of a power level of a radio frequency (RF) signal;
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- a second module configured to (i) receive a particular frequency of a plurality of frequencies over a wireless communication channel from a device, (ii) digitize said analog signal to generate a value that conveys a magnitude of said power level of said RF signal, (iii) convert said value into a digital signal communicating said power level based on said particular frequency indexed into a table and (iv) transmit said digital signal communicating said power level over said wireless communication channel to said device.
A method of making remote radio frequency power measurements comprising:
- receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal at a circuit;
- generating an analog signal representative of a power level of said RF signal;
- receiving a particular frequency of a plurality of frequencies over a wireless communication channel from a device;
- digitizing said analog signal to generate a value that conveys a magnitude of said power level of said RF signal;
- converting said value into a digital signal communicating said power level based on said particular frequency indexed into a table;
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- transmitting said digital signal communicating said power level over said wireless communication channel to said device.
A power monitoring system comprising:
- at least one remote radio frequency power sensing unit configured to (i) generate an analog signal representative of a power level of a radio frequency (RF) signal, (ii) receive a particular frequency of a plurality of frequencies over a wireless communication channel, (iii) digitize said analog signal to generate a value that conveys a magnitude of said power level of said RF signal, (iv) convert said value into a digital signal communicating said power level based on said particular frequency indexed into a table and (v) transmit said digital signal communicating said power level over said wireless communication channel;
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- a handheld reader configured to (i) transmit said particular frequency to said at least one remote radio frequency power sensing unit over said wireless communication channel, (ii) receive said digital signal communicating said power level over said wireless communication channel and (iii) display said power level of said RF signal in a user-understandable format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.