Rf-based material detection device that uses specific antennas designed for specific substances

Abstract

An RF-based material detection device includes an antenna connector, a first interchangeable antenna capable of being releasably coupled to the RF-based material detection device via the antenna connector, an RF transmitter unit operably connected to the antenna connector and configured to transmit an RF signal via the first interchangeable antenna into a first material at a specific resonance frequency for the first material, and an RF receiver unit operably connected to the antenna connector and configured to receive from the first material via the first interchangeable antenna a first modified signal in response to interaction of the RF signal with the first material, wherein the first interchangeable antenna includes one or more design characteristics optimized to detect the first modified signal from the first material.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.