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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

May. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Kymeta Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Philip A. Sullivan, Bozeman, MT (US);

W. Brenden Carlson, Shoreline, WA (US);

Gregory D. Phelan, Cortland, NY (US);

Ryan Stevenson, Woodinville, WA (US);

Nathan Kundtz, Kirkland, WA (US);

Mohsen Sazegar, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

KYMETA CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); C09K 19/30 (2006.01); C09K 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); C09K 19/18 (2013.01); C09K 19/3001 (2013.01); H01Q 3/2676 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); C09K 2019/181 (2013.01); C09K 2019/183 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device containing a radio-frequency (RF) liquid crystal (RFLC) mixture with improved performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, the improved performance includes high RF tuning, broad thermal operating ranges and low viscosity. In one embodiment, the device comprises an antenna comprising: an antenna element array having a plurality of antenna elements and each antenna element having a liquid crystal (LC) structure, wherein the LC structure comprises a mixture of one or more of the following: laterally functionalized with one or more of at least a proton, a hydrogen (H), or a heteroatom.


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