Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada As Represented by the Minister of Industry Through the Communications Research Centre Canada

Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of Canada, As Represented by the Minister of Industry, Through the Communication Research Centre Canada

Nicolas Gagnon

Aldo Petosa

Jafar Shaker

Khelifa Hettak

Jonathan Ethier

Reza Chaharmir

Ming Li

Derek A McNamara

An electronic component such as a voltage controllable reconfigurable capacitor or transistor is formed by printing one or more layers of ink on a non-conductive substrate. Ferroelectric ink or semi-conductive ink is printed and conductive resistive or dielectric ink is printed on a s same or different layers. Reconfigurability is achieved by printing resistive biasing circuitry wherein when a changing voltage is applied to the biasing circuitry, an electronic property of the electronic component changes in response to the changing voltage.

Printed reconfigurable electronic circuit

A thin electromagnetic phase shifting element, named phase and amplitude shifting surface (PASS), is disclosed. The PASS is capable of independently altering both the phase and the amplitude distribution of the electromagnetic fields propagating through the structure. The element comprises a few patterned metallic layers separated by dielectric layers. The patterns of the metallic layers are tuned to locally alter the phase and/or the amplitude of an incoming electromagnetic wave to a prescribed set of desired values for the outgoing electromagnetic wave. The PASS can be applied to design components such as gratings, lenses, holograms, and various types of antennas in the microwave, millimeter wave and sub-millimeter wave.

Phase element comprising a stack of alternating conductive patterns and dielectric layers providing phase shift through capacitive and inductive couplings

Growing community of inventors

Kanata, Canada

Nicolas Gagnon