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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:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2010
Applicants:

Jeffrey A. Bowers, Kirkland, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan Kundtz, Kirkland, WA (US);

Bruce Marshall Mcwilliams, Atherton, CA (US);

John Brian Pendry, Cobham, GB;

David Schurig, Raleigh, NC (US);

David R. Smith, Durham, NC (US);

Anthony F. Starr, San Diego, CA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey A. Bowers, Kirkland, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan Kundtz, Kirkland, WA (US);

Bruce Marshall McWilliams, Atherton, CA (US);

John Brian Pendry, Cobham, GB;

David Schurig, Raleigh, NC (US);

David R. Smith, Durham, NC (US);

Anthony F. Starr, San Diego, CA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/06 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/0066 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02B 1/005 (2013.01); G02B 26/06 (2013.01); H01Q 15/002 (2013.01); G02B 1/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus to modify an incident free space electromagnetic wave includes a block of an artificially structured material having an adjustable spatial distribution of electromagnetic parameters (e.g., ε, μ, η, σ, and n). A controller applies control signals to dynamically adjust the spatial distribution of electromagnetic parameters in the material to introduce a time-varying path delay d(t) in the modified electromagnetic wave relative to the incident electromagnetic wave.


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