Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1990-08-03
1991-11-12
Swann, III, Glen R.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
363157, G08B 1314, H02M 500
Patent
active
050651374
ABSTRACT:
A batteryless, portable, frequency divider according to the present invention includes a first resonant LC circuit that is resonant at a first frequency for receiving electromagnetic radiation at the first frequency; and a second resonant LC circuit that is resonant at a second frequency that is one-half the first frequency for transmitting electromagnetic radiation at the second frequency. The first circuit is coupled only magnetically to the second circuit to transfer energy to the second circuit at the first frequency in response to receipt by the first circuit of electromagnetic radiation at the first frequency. The second circuit includes a variable reactance element, such as a variable capacitance diode or varactor, in which the reactance varies with variations in energy transferred from the first circuit for causing the second circuit to transmit electromagnetic radiation at the second frequency in response to the energy transferred from the first circuit at the first frequency. Both resonant circuits include inductance coils that are disposed on a ferrite rod, for enhancing the magnetic coupling. The frequency divider may be extremely small, such as approximately one inch (2.5 cm) in length, but nevertheless has a frequency division energy transfer efficiency of the same order of magnitude as that of much larger frequency dividers. The frequency divider is included in a tag utilized in a presence detection system.
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Callan Edward W.
Mullen Jr. Thomas J.
Security Tag Systems, Inc.
Swann III Glen R.
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