Wireless communication system and computer tomography apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11330703-B2
Application number	US-202017073121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2020
Priority date	Oct 25, 2019
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A wireless communication system includes a first differential signal line, a differential coupler, and an electronic circuit. The differential coupler has a second differential signal line to perform wireless communication of a differential signal with the first differential signal line via electromagnetic field coupling. The electronic circuit is connected to the differential coupler via a wired transmission path to process the differential signal. A surface of a board or a ground pattern of the electronic circuit is inclined or upright with respect to the second differential signal line so as to separate away from a direction in which the first differential signal line extends.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication system comprising:
a differential signal line;
a first differential coupler to perform wireless communication of a differential signal with the differential signal line via electromagnetic field coupling; and
an electronic circuit having a board or a ground pattern and connected to the first differential coupler via a wired transmission path to process the differential signal, wherein
a surface of the board or the ground pattern is inclined or upright with respect to the first differential coupler so as to separate away from a direction in which the differential signal line extends.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the board of the electronic circuit is provided at an angle of 30 degrees or more and 150 degrees or less with respect to the direction in which the differential signal line extends.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the wired transmission path connecting the first differential coupler and the electronic circuit is equal to or less than one-sixth of a wavelength of a fundamental wave of a communication rate due to the electromagnetic field coupling.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the differential signal line is provided on a differential transmission path, and the differential signal line extends longer than the first differential coupler.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein
the differential transmission path functions as a transmission coupler,
the first differential coupler functions as a reception coupler, and
the electronic circuit is configured to process the differential signals received by the first differential coupler.

6. The system according to claim 4 , wherein
the differential transmission path functions as a reception coupler, and
the first differential coupler functions as a transmission coupler, wherein
the electronic circuit is configured to supply the differential signals to the differential signal line.

7. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the first differential coupler relatively moves along the differential transmission path.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the differential signal line is provided on a second differential coupler which is different from the first differential coupler.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the differential signal line and the first differential coupler are arc-shaped, and
the electronic circuit is provided to be inclined with respect to a tangential direction of a connecting part with the wired transmission path.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first differential coupler and the wired transmission path are provided on a flexible part of a rigid-flexible board, and
the electronic circuit is provided on a rigid part of the rigid-flexible board.

11. A computer tomography apparatus comprising:
a radiation generator;
a radiation detector configured to detect radiation generated by the radiation generator;
a rotation unit configured to rotate the radiation generator and the radiation detector while holding the same in a state facing each other;
a fixed portion configured to support the rotation unit; and
a wireless communication system,
the wireless communication system including:
a differential signal line;
a differential coupler to perform wireless communication of differential signals with the differential signal line via electromagnetic field coupling; and
an electronic circuit connected to the differential coupler via a wired transmission path to process the differential signals, wherein

a surface of a board or a ground pattern of the electronic circuit is inclined or upright with respect to the differential coupler so as to separate away from the direction in which first differential signal line extends,
the differential signal line is provided along a circumference centered on a rotation axis of the rotation unit, and the differential coupler is provided on the fixed portion, and

a signal detected by the radiation detector is transmitted to the fixed portion via electromagnetic field coupling between the differential signal line and the differential coupler.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Tamaki Hiroto

Classifications

• H01P3/081

  Microstriplines · CPC title

• H01P5/187

  Broadside coupled lines · CPC title

• H05K1/189

  characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits · CPC title

• H05K1/0239

  Signal transmission by AC coupling · CPC title

• H05K2201/057

  Shape retainable · CPC title