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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2023
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a beam steering apparatus that reflects a beam for steering, the beam steering apparatus including a front end unit configured to receive a control signal; and a meta-surface with controllable unit cells arranged in an array, the unit cells including metal plates spaced apart from each other, a variable capacitance element connected between the metal plates, and a line to which a meta-surface control signal is provided; and a computation and control unit configured to generate a meta-surface control signal for controlling the meta-surface according to the control signal wherein the beam reflected from the meta-surface is steered according to the control signal.