US 11,774,390 B2
Sensor for underground soil measurement
Brant Burkey, Denton, NE (US); and Dan Pickerill, Milford, NE (US)
Assigned to KLA Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by REALMFIVE, Inc., Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,527.
Application 17/373,527 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/215,261, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,231,383.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,660, filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/596,444, filed on Dec. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341407 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 27/22 (2006.01); G01D 21/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC G01N 27/223 (2013.01) [G01D 21/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/246 (2013.01); G01N 2033/245 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor probe comprising:
one or more first sensor circuits;
one or more second sensor circuits;
a power supply;
wherein at least one of the first sensor circuits comprises:
one or more oscillators configured to generate a periodic wave; and
a transmitter configured to transmit one or more signals,
wherein at least one of the second sensor circuits comprises:
one or more oscillators configured to generate a periodic wave; and
a probe element configured to receive the one or more signals via at least one of the transmitters of the one or more first sensor circuits or a transmitter of one or more additional first sensor circuits of an additional sensor probe,
a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more first sensor circuits or the one or more second sensor circuits, wherein the processor is configured to:
adjust one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more first sensor circuits or the one or more second sensor circuits based on data collected by at least one of the one or more first sensor circuits or the one or more second sensor circuits.