US 12,294,423 B2
Multi-functional reconfigurable intelligence surface integrating signal reflection, refraction and amplification and energy harvesting and application thereof
Hui Tian, Beijing (CN); Wen Wang, Beijing (CN); Ping Zhang, Beijing (CN); Gaofeng Nie, Beijing (CN); Xue Rong, Beijing (CN); and Wanli Ni, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Beijing (CN)
Filed by Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing (CN)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,063.
Claims priority of application No. 202310149565.5 (CN), filed on Feb. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0297684 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/04 (2017.01); H04B 7/0426 (2017.01)
CPC H04B 7/04013 (2023.05) [H04B 7/043 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-functional reconfigurable intelligence surface (MF-RIS) integrating signal reflection, refraction and amplification and energy harvesting, having two working modes, namely an energy harvesting mode and a signal relay mode, wherein in the signal relay mode, an incident signal is reflected and refracted through surface equivalent electrical impedance and magnetoimpedance elements, the incident signal is divided into a first part and a second part by controlling electric current and magnetic current through a microcontroller unit (MCU) chip, the first part is reflected to reflection half-space and the second part is refracted to refraction half-space, and a reflected signal and a refracted signal are amplified through an amplifier circuit; in the energy harvesting mode, radio frequency (RF) energy is obtained from the incident signal and converted into direct current (DC) power through an impedance matcher, an RF-DC conversion circuit and a capacitor, and an energy management module controls energy to be stored in an energy storage apparatus or supplied for operation of a phase shifter and the amplifier circuit; and a circuit connection is adjusted such that each element is flexibly switched between the energy harvesting mode and the signal relay mode.