Sensors with modular architecture

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2006-03-30

2009-10-06

Healy, Brian M (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

Integrated optical circuit

C385S012000, C385S088000, C385S089000, C385S092000, C451S022000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07599583

ABSTRACT:
A modular sensing system architecture. A sensing system includes multiple planes that are in electrical communication. A power plane provides a power source and a communications module that can be optical and/or electrical in nature. The power source can be upgraded using optical power delivered over an optical fiber. The sensing system can also both transmit/receive data over the optical fiber. A processing plane provides memory and processing power. The processing plane can be updated/upgraded via the communications module or the optical fiber. A sensor plane includes multiple sensors. The architecture enables sensor planes to be interchangeable while still having communication with other planes of the sensor. The processing plane can be updated to accommodate different sensor configurations.

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