US 12,107,331 B2
Smart metal-graphene hybrid reflectarray at THz frequencies
Josep Miguel Jornet, Needham, MA (US); Arjun Singh, Southbridge, MA (US); Michael Andrello, Rome, NY (US); Erik Einarsson, Buffalo, NY (US); and Ngwe Thawdar, Rome, NY (US)
Assigned to Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Rome, NY (US); Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US); and Research Foundation for the State University of New York York, Amherst, NY (US)
Filed by Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US); Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Rome, NY (US); and The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Amherst, NY (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,446.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/195,031, filed on May 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,550, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393363 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 15/148 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid radiating element, comprising:
a metallic patch antenna; and
a graphene-based plasmonic modulator coupled to the metallic patch antenna, the metallic patch antenna and the graphene-based plasmonic modulator being substantially coplanar.