Non-LTI modulation scheme for electrically small antennas
This technology describes a new way to transmit and receive wireless signals using very small antennas — far smaller than what traditional radio engineering would normally allow for a given frequency. Two compact antennas each broadcast signals at two different frequencies simultaneously, following specific patterns. A receiver then picks up the combined signal and decodes it. The key innovation is a modulation scheme designed specifically for these 'electrically small' antennas, which behave in nonlinear and time-varying ways that conventional radio designs are not built to handle.
What you could build
A miniaturized wireless communication module — potentially for IoT sensors, military radios, or implantable/wearable devices — where antenna size is a hard physical constraint. Defense electronics integrators, IoT hardware OEMs, and medical device companies would be the likely buyers.
Who in Virginia should care
Defense electronics primes and RF engineering contractors in Northern Virginia and the Hampton Roads corridor (e.g., suppliers to Navy and Army communications programs) would have direct interest.
Readiness: Concept
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Majid Manteghi
- Filed
- Patent pending — filed January 31, 2025
- Status
- Application
- Publication number
- US20260046181A1
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