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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Stephen Empedocles, Mountain View, CA (US);
David P. Stumbo, Belmont, CA (US);
Chunming Niu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xianfeng Duan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen Empedocles, Mountain View, CA (US);
David P. Stumbo, Belmont, CA (US);
Chunming Niu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xianfeng Duan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nanosys, Inc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Macroelectronic substrate materials incorporating nanowires are described. These are used to provide underlying electronic elements (e.g., transistors and the like) for a variety of different applications. Methods for making the macroelectronic substrate materials are disclosed. One application is for transmission an reception of RF signals in small, lightweight sensors. Such sensors can be configured in a distributed sensor network to provide security monitoring. Furthermore, a method and apparatus for a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is described. The RFID tag includes an antenna and a beam-steering array. The beam-steering array includes a plurality of tunable elements. A method and apparatus for an acoustic cancellation device and for an adjustable phase shifter that are enabled by nanowires are also described.