Patent ID: 11937031
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F  G | IPC F  G  H

Claim 7:
8. A system for a gas turbine engine, the system comprising:
a network of a plurality of sensing/control/identification devices distributed throughout the gas turbine engine, each of the sensing/control/identification devices associated with at least one sub-system component of the gas turbine engine and operable to communicate through a plurality of electromagnetic signals;
shielding within or around at least one of the sensing/control/identification devices to contain the electromagnetic signals proximate to the at least one sub-system component;
a communication path integrally formed in a component of the gas turbine engine to route a portion of the electromagnetic signals through the component; and
a remote processing unit operable to communicate with the network of the sensing/control/identification devices through the electromagnetic signals, wherein at least a portion of the sensing/control/identification devices comprise a wide band gap semiconductor device.