Electronic devices, such as antennas, having fluidic constructs that permit reconfiguration of the devices

US9293821B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Amy Duwel · Cambridge, US
• Jason O. Fiering · Boston, US
• Douglas W. White · Lexington, US
• Mark J. Mescher · Newton, US
• Joseph M. Bauer · Madison, US
• John Lachapelle · Princeton, US
• Bryan McLaughlin · Cambridge, US
• Frans Spaepen · Lexington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01Q3/01
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In various embodiments, an actuating mechanism is employed to displace a conductor disposed within a fluidic channel, thereby reconfiguring an electronic component.