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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2022
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Yousof Naderi, Brookline, MA (US);
Kaushik Chowdhury, Needham, MA (US);
Ufuk Muncuk, Waltham, MA (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) including a surface, a source tile positioned on or proximate a first side of the surface and including a source power layer including a power amplifier and a transmitter coil configured to generate an electromagnetic field and a radio frequency (RF) layer configured to receive power from the source electromagnetic field, and a patch antenna grid for reflecting a RF signal, and a plurality of extender tiles positioned on or proximate the first side of the surface, the extender tiles each including an extender power layer including a passive transceiver coil for receiving the source electromagnetic field and relaying the source electromagnetic field as an extender electromagnetic field and an extender RF layer configured to receive power from the extender electromagnetic field, and an extender patch antenna grid for reflecting at least one of the RF signal or a second RF signal.