Patent ID: 8004423

Claim:
An instrumented component for use in a combustion turbine engine including a compressor, a rotor disk and a turbine, the instrumented component comprising: a substrate forming a blade for use within the combustion turbine engine; at least one sensor deposited in connection with the substrate for sensing a condition of the blade; a root portion integrally formed with the substrate for insertion within a mating segment of the rotor disk for securing the blade within the rotor disk; a wireless telemetry device affixed with the root portion, the wireless telemetry device comprising an electroceramic chip containing a plurality of electronic components configured to receive a data signal from the at least one sensor and wirelessly transmit the data signal to a receiving device; and a connector electrically connecting the at least one sensor to the wireless telemetry device for communicating the data signal from the at least one sensor to the wireless telemetry device.