An ultrasonic through-wall communication system with power harvesting

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1848-1853

  Shoudy, D A ^a   Saulnier, G J ^a   Scarton, H A ^a   Das, P K ^b   Roa Prada, S ^a   Ashdown, J D ^a   Gavens, A J ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Power harvesting; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HARVESTING; METALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RELIABILITY; STEEL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVES; ELECTRIC POWERS; POWER DELIVERY; POWER HARVESTING; RELIABLE COMMUNICATION; SHIELDING EFFECTS; SOLID STEEL; THROUGH-WALL; ULTRASONIC POWERS; ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 48149100564     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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