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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:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2017
Applicant:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Nian Xiang Sun, Winchester, MA (US);

Menghui Li, Medford, MA (US);

Assignee:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H01L 41/06 (2006.01); H01L 41/047 (2006.01); H01L 41/08 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); H01L 41/12 (2006.01); H01L 41/18 (2006.01); H01L 41/20 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H01L 41/22 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/06 (2013.01); H01L 41/047 (2013.01); H01L 41/082 (2013.01); H01L 41/09 (2013.01); H01L 41/12 (2013.01); H01L 41/18 (2013.01); H01L 41/183 (2013.01); H01L 41/20 (2013.01); H01L 41/22 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

Compact and power efficient acoustically actuated magnetoelectric antennas for transmitting and receiving very low frequency (VLF) electromagnetic waves utilize magnetoelectric coupling in a magnetic/piezoelectric heterostructure to provide voltage control of magnetization in transmission mode and magnetic control of electric polarization in receiving mode. The magnetoelectric antennas provide a power efficiency enhanced by orders of magnitude compared to magnetically or mechanically switching the magnetization. The antennas can be used in groups or arrays and can be combined to form VLF communication systems.


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