IP Library Granted Patent US 11,013,110
Granted Patent B2
US 11,013,110 · App. 16/103,594 · Granted May 18, 2021

Receiver and receiving system

Inventors: Akio Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Mitsunori Sasaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
H05K1/0283A61B5/0015A61B5/0024A61B5/0028A61B5/0031A61B5/061G01S5/06G01S5/14H01Q1/273H01Q1/40H01Q7/00H01Q21/29H04B13/005H05K1/165A61B2562/046A61B2562/164H01Q1/38H05K2201/10098
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Patent No.
US 11,013,110
App. No.
16/103,594
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A receiver includes a stretchable circuit board having stretchability and a first antenna formed on a main surface of the stretchable circuit board, the first antenna being configured to stretch in accordance with the stretchable circuit board and configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitter installed in a living body.

Claims (47)

1. A receiver comprising:

a stretchable circuit board having stretchability;

a first antenna formed on a main surface of the stretchable circuit board, the first antenna being configured to stretch in accordance with the stretchable circuit board and configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitter installed in a living body, the first antenna including a first wiring portion arranged at a first location on the stretchable circuit board;

a second wiring portion arranged at a second location on the stretchable circuit board, the first location and the second location overlapping when viewed in a thickness direction of the stretchable circuit board while the stretchable circuit board is folded along an axis; and

an electrical insulator that is located between at least part of the first wiring portion and at least part of the second wiring portion when viewed in a direction along the axis while the stretchable circuit board is folded along the axis.

2. The receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second antenna configured to transfer the signal received by the first antenna.

3. The receiver according to claim 2 , wherein

the first antenna and the second antenna are arranged on the main surface of the stretchable circuit board to be on opposite sides of a second main surface of the stretchable circuit board while the stretchable circuit board is folded along an axis.

4. The receiver according to claim 1 , wherein

the first antenna includes multiple first antennas formed on the single stretchable circuit board.

5. The receiver according to claim 4 , wherein

the multiple first antennas are arranged in a repeating pattern.

6. A receiving system comprising:

a receiver including,

a stretchable circuit board having stretchability; and

a first antenna formed on a main surface of the stretchable circuit board, the first antenna being configured to stretch in accordance with the stretchable circuit board and configured to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitter installed in a living body, the first antenna including multiple first antennas formed on the single stretchable circuit board; and

a transmitter position detector configured to detect, based on a position and a received signal of each of the multiple first antennas of the receiver, a position of the transmitter in the living body, the transmitter having transmitted the signal received by the receiver.

7. The receiver according to claim 2 , wherein

the first antenna includes multiple first antennas formed on the single stretchable circuit board.

8. The receiver according to claim 3 , wherein

the first antenna includes multiple first antennas formed on the single stretchable circuit board.

9. The receiver according to claim 7 , wherein

the multiple first antennas are arranged in a repeating pattern.

10. The receiver according to claim 8 , wherein

the multiple first antennas are arranged in a repeating pattern.

11. A receiving system comprising:

the receiver according to claim 5 ; and

a transmitter position detector configured to detect, based on a position and a received signal of each of the multiple first antennas of the receiver, a position of the transmitter in the living body, the transmitter having transmitted the signal received by the receiver.

12. A receiving system comprising:

the receiver according to claim 7 ; and

a transmitter position detector configured to detect, based on a position and a received signal of each of the multiple first antennas of the receiver, a position of the transmitter in the living body, the transmitter having transmitted the signal received by the receiver.

13. A receiving system comprising:

the receiver according to claim 8 ; and

a transmitter position detector configured to detect, based on a position and a received signal of each of the multiple first antennas of the receiver, a position of the transmitter in the living body, the transmitter having transmitted the signal received by the receiver.

14. A receiving system comprising:

the receiver according to claim 9 ; and

a transmitter position detector configured to detect, based on a position and a received signal of each of the multiple first antennas of the receiver, a position of the transmitter in the living body, the transmitter having transmitted the signal received by the receiver.

15. A receiving system comprising:

the receiver according to claim 10 ; and

a transmitter position detector configured to detect, based on a position and a received signal of each of the multiple first antennas of the receiver, a position of the transmitter in the living body, the transmitter having transmitted the signal received by the receiver.

16. The receiver of claim 1 , wherein,

the electrical insulator further comprises an insulating cover that covers the second location when viewed in the thickness direction of the stretchable circuit board while the stretchable circuit board is flattened along the axis, and

the insulating cover prevents contact between at least part of the first wiring portion and at least part of the second wiring portion in the thickness direction of the stretchable circuit board while the stretchable circuit board is valley folded along the axis.

17. The receiver of claim 1 , wherein,

the electrical insulator further comprises a portion of the stretchable circuit board under the first wiring portion when viewed in the thickness direction of the stretchable circuit board, and

the portion of the stretchable circuit board under the first wiring portion prevents contact between at least part of the first wiring portion and at least part of the second wiring portion in the thickness direction of the stretchable circuit board while the stretchable circuit board is mountain folded along the axis.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2024
From: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
To: MEKTEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069464/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2018
From: YOSHIDA, AKIO; SASAKI, MITSUNORI
To: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046821/0368 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-167032 · Aug 31, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190069399A1 · Feb 28, 2019