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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, IE;
Inventors:
Michael Barros, Campina Grande, BR;
Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Waterford, IE;
Robert Mullins, Clonmel, IE;
Assignee:
Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 3/04 (2006.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1264 (2013.01); H01Q 3/04 (2013.01); H01Q 19/10 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure teaches an antenna structure comprising an antenna transmitting a signal in the terahertz band and at least one mirror, which is moveable to reflect a terahertz-band signal from a neighboring antenna. There may be a communication cell comprising a plurality of such antenna structures. The communication cell may define a coverage area. In another embodiment, the present disclosure teaches a method for controlling the antenna structures to improve the performance of the communication cell.