Patents by Inventor Ruopeng Liu
Ruopeng Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20130154902Abstract: An artificial electromagnetic material includes at least one material sheet. Each material sheet includes a substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate. Each substrate is virtually divided into multiple of substrate units arranged into an array. A pair of artificial microstructures is attached to each substrate. The pair of artificial microstructures includes a first artificial microstructure and a second artificial microstructure with different shapes. The dielectric constant of artificial electromagnetic materials gradually increases from zero in a certain frequency range, therefore the material has a low dielectric constant in the certain frequency range and can meet some needs of special situation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicants: KUANG-CHI INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD., KUANG-CHI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ruopeng Liu, Lin Luan, Chaofeng Kou
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Publication number: 20130154901Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial microstructure including a first metal wire, a second metal wire parallel to the first metal wire, at least one first metal wire branch and at least one second metal wire branch. The at least one first metal wire branch and the at least one second metal wire branch are distributed in an interlacement arrangement. One end of the at least one first metal wire branch is connected to the first metal wire; the other end is a free end facing towards the second metal wire. One end of the at least one second metal wire branch is connected to the second metal wire, and the other end of the at least one second metal wire is a free end facing towards the first metal wire. The present invention also discloses a metamaterial with the artificial microstructures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: KUANG-CHI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCE TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ruopeng Liu, Lin Luan, Chaofeng Kou, Fanglong He
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Publication number: 20130108856Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial microstructure employed in an artificial electromagnetic material. The artificial microstructure includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first segment is parallel to the second segment, and the third segment is connected between the first segment and the second segment. The artificial electromagnetic material has a special electromagnetic effect. The artificial electromagnetic material can be applied to various electromagnetic application systems instead of the typical electromagnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicants: KUANG-CHI INNOVATIIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD., KUANG-CHI INNOVATIIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD.Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Jinjin Wang, Zhiya Zhao, Lin Luan, Chaofeng Kou, Xin Xie, Guo Zhong, Jincai Ye
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Publication number: 20130098673Abstract: A metamaterial for deflecting an electromagnetic wave is disclosed, which comprises a functional layer. The functional layer comprises a plurality of sheet layers parallel to each other, and each of the sheet layers comprises a sheet-like substrate and a plurality of man-made microstructures arranged in an array on the sheet-like substrate. The sheet-like substrate comprises a plurality of unit blocks, and each of the man-made microstructures and a corresponding one of the unit blocks occupied thereby form a unit cell. Refractive indices of the unit cells arranged in a first direction in each of the sheet layers decrease gradually. Each of the unit cells has an anisotropic electromagnetic parameter. Through use of the metamaterial of the present disclosure, deflection of the electromagnetic wave can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Guanxiong Xu, Lin Luan, Chunlin Ji, Zhiya Zhao, Yuefeng Li, Yutao Yue
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Patent number: 8421550Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an impedance matching component and a hybrid wave-absorbing material. The impedance matching component is disposed between a first medium and a second medium, and comprises a plurality of functional sheet layers. Impedances of the functional sheet layers vary continuously in a stacking direction of the functional sheet layers, with the impedance of a first one of the functional sheet layers being identical to that of the first medium and the impedance of a last one of the functional sheet layers being identical to that of the second medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology, Kuang-Chi Innovative Technology Ltd.Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Guanxiong Xu, Chunlin Ji, Zhiya Zhao, Nenghui Fang, Yangyang Zhang, Wenjian Wang, Yutao Yue
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Patent number: 8421549Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an impedance matching component disposed between a first medium and a second medium, which is formed by stacking a plurality of homogeneous metamaterial sheet layers in a direction perpendicular to surfaces thereof. Each of the metamaterial sheet layers comprises a substrate and a plurality of man-made microstructures attached thereon. A first and last metamaterial sheet layers have impedances identical to those of the first and second media respectively. The man-made microstructures attached on the first metamaterial sheet layer have a first pattern, the man-made microstructures attached on the last metamaterial sheet layer have a second pattern, and the man-made microstructures attached on intermediate ones of the metamaterial sheet layers have patterns that are combinations of the first and second patterns, with the first pattern becoming smaller continuously and the second pattern becoming larger continuously in the stacking direction of the metamaterial sheet layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignees: Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology, Kuang-Chi Innovative Technology Ltd.Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Guanxiong Xu, Lin Luan, Chunlin Ji, Zhiya Zhao, Nenghui Fang
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Publication number: 20130089715Abstract: An artificial electromagnetic material is provided. The artificial electromagnetic material includes at least one material sheet. Each material sheet includes a laminary substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate. The substrate is made from transparent material. Because the substrate is made from transparent material, therefore the artificial electromagnetic material is capable of generating responses to visible light wave and convergence, divergence, deflection of visible light wave and so on can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicants: Kuang-Chi Innovative Technology Ltd., Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced TechnologyInventors: Ruopeng Liu, Lin Luan, Yuqin Xu, Zhiya Zhao, Chaofeng Kou
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Publication number: 20130082897Abstract: The present disclosure provides a unipolar MIMO antenna, which consists of a plurality of unipolar RF antennae. Each of the unipolar RF antennae comprises a metal sheet and a feeder line. The metal sheet is enchased with a metal microstructure thereon, and the feeder line and the metal sheet are connected in a signal communicative manner. The unipolar MIMO antenna of the present disclosure breaks through the framework of the conventional antenna design and eliminates the complex design of the impedance matching network to ensure miniaturization of the antenna. Thereby, the antenna can be used in a wireless apparatus having a small size, a high transmission efficiency and a high isolation degree among antennae and can satisfy the requirement of a low power consumption in the design of modern communication systems. Additionally, the present disclosure further provides a bipolar MIMO antenna and a hybrid MIMO antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Yangyang Zhang, Chunlin Ji
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Publication number: 20130077566Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a unipolar antenna, a wireless access apparatus and a wireless router. The unipolar antenna of the present disclosure comprises a medium substrate, as well as a power feeding point, a feeder line and a metal structure that are disposed on a surface of the medium substrate. The feeder line is connected to the power feeding point, and the feeder line and the metal structure are coupled with each other. The unipolar antenna, the wireless access apparatus and the wireless router of the present disclosure can transmit or receive electromagnetic signals of two or more different wavebands simultaneously so that they can operate within multiple operation wavebands in a single-frequency mode and operate within different operation wavebands simultaneously in a multi-frequency mode. Thereby, the antenna can be miniaturized on the premise of satisfying the performance requirements of the communication devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Guanxiong Xu
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Publication number: 20130049887Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetically transparent metamaterial, which comprises a substrate and a plurality of man-made metal microstructures arranged periodically inside the substrate. When an electromagnetic wave propagates through the metamaterial, each of the man-made metal microstructures is equivalent to two identical two-dimensional (2D) circuits, which are placed respectively in a direction perpendicular to an incident direction of the electromagnetic wave and in a direction parallel to the incident direction of the electromagnetic wave, and each of which comprises an inductor branch and two identical capacitor branches that are symmetrically connected in parallel with the inductor branch. The 2D circuits are associated with a waveband of the electromagnetic wave so that both a dielectric constant and a magnetic permeability of the metamaterial are substantially 1 when the electromagnetic wave propagates through the metamaterial.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Zhen Liao, Lin Luan, Zhiya Zhao
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Publication number: 20130049903Abstract: An artificial microstructure made of conductive wires includes a split resonant ring with a split, and two curves. The two curves respectively start from first end and the second end of the split resonant ring and curvedly extend inside the split resonant ring, where the two curves do not intersect with each other, and do not intersect with the split resonant ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicants: KUANG-CHI INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD., KUANG-CHI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ruopeng Liu, Lin Luan, Fanglong He, Zhiya Zhao, Chaofeng Kou, Jiawei He
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Publication number: 20130050058Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a metamaterial for diverging an electromagnetic wave, which comprises at least one metamaterial sheet layer. Refractive indices of the metamaterial sheet layer are distributed in a circular form with a center of the metamaterial sheet layer, and the refractive indices remain unchanged at a same radius and increase gradually with the radius. The present disclosure changes electromagnetic parameters at each point of the metamaterial through punching or by attaching man-made microstructures so that the electromagnetic wave can be diverged after passing through the metamaterial. The metamaterial of the present disclosure features a simple manufacturing process and a low cost, and is easy to be implemented. Moreover, the metamaterial of the present disclosure has small dimensions and does not occupy a large space, so it is easy to miniaturize apparatuses made of the metamaterial of the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue, Yunnan Hong
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Publication number: 20130027782Abstract: The present invention relates to a man-made composite material and a man-made composite material antenna. The man-made composite material is divided into a plurality of regions. An electromagnetic wave is incident on a first surface exits from a second surface of the man-made composite material opposite to the first surface. A line connecting a radiation source to a point on the bottom surface of the ith region and a line perpendicular to the man-made composite material form an angle ? therebetween, which uniquely corresponds to a curved surface in the ith region. A set formed by points on the bottom surface of the ith region that have the same angle ? forms a boundary of the curved surface to which the angle ? uniquely corresponds. The refraction, diffraction and reflection of the present invention at the abrupt transition points can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue
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Publication number: 20130027278Abstract: The present invention relates to a man-made composite material. The man-made composite material is divided into a plurality of regions. A plane electromagnetic wave is incident on a first surface and exits in the form of a spherical wave from a second surface of the man-made composite material opposite to the first surface. Reverse extensions of the exiting electromagnetic wave intersect with each other at a virtual focus of the man-made composite material. A line connecting the virtual focus to a point on the top surface of the ith region and a line perpendicular to the man-made composite material form an angle ? therebetween, which uniquely corresponds to a curved surface in the ith region. A set formed by points on the top surface of the ith region that have the same angle ? forms a boundary of the curved surface to which the angle ? uniquely corresponds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue
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Publication number: 20130016432Abstract: A metamaterial for separating an electromagnetic wave beam is disclosed. Two kinds of man-made microstructures are attached on a substrate of the metamaterial. The first man-made microstructures each have a principal optical axis parallel to a first electric field direction, and the second man-made microstructures each have a principal optical axis parallel to a second electric field direction. The metamaterial comprises a first region and a second region. The first man-made microstructures in the first region have the largest geometric size and the first man-made microstructures in other regions increase in geometric size continuously in a direction towards the first region; and the second man-made microstructures in the second region have the largest geometric size and the second man-made microstructures in other regions increase in geometric size continuously in a direction towards the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Guanxiong Xu, Yangyang Zhang
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Publication number: 20130016030Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a metamaterial for converging electromagnetic waves, which comprises a plurality of cubic metamaterial units arranged in a first array which takes a y direction as a column direction and a z direction perpendicular to the y direction as a row direction. The metamaterial units of each row have the same refractive index, and for the metamaterial units of each column, the refractive indices thereof for the electromagnetic waves decrease gradually from a middle metamaterial unit towards two ends of the column, with variations of the refractive indices between adjacent ones of the metamaterial units increasing gradually from the middle metamaterial unit towards the two ends of the column; and the metamaterial units are anisotropic to the electromagnetic waves. The metamaterial for converging electromagnetic waves of the present disclosure can achieve the function of converging electromagnetic waves, and has a smaller thickness compared to conventional metamaterials.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Jinjin Wang
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Publication number: 20130002509Abstract: An impedance matching component is disclosed. The impedance matching component is disposed on and closely attached to a first side surface of a function dielectric sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue
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Publication number: 20130002499Abstract: The present invention relates to a man-made composite material and a man-made composite material antenna. The man-made composite material is disposed in a propagation direction of a plane electromagnetic wave and convert it into a spherical wave. Reverse extensions of the spherical wave intersect at a virtual focus. A line connecting the virtual focus to a point on the second surface of the man-made composite material and a line perpendicular to the man-made composite material form an angle ? therebetween, which uniquely corresponds to a curved surface in the man-made composite material. A set formed by points having the same angle ? forms a boundary of the curved surface to which the angle ? uniquely corresponds. Each point on the curved surface to which the angle ? uniquely corresponds has a same refractive index. Refractive indices of the man-made composite material increase gradually as the angle ? increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue
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Publication number: 20130002500Abstract: The present invention relates to a metamaterial and a metamaterial antenna. The metamaterial is disposed in a propagation direction of the electromagnetic waves emitted from a radiation source. A line connecting the radiation source to a point on a first surface of the metamaterial and a line perpendicular to the metamaterial form an angle ? therebetween, which uniquely corresponds to a curved surface in the metamaterial. Each point on the curved surface to which the angle ? uniquely corresponds has a same refractive index. Refractive indices of the metamaterial decrease gradually as the angle ? increases. The electromagnetic waves propagating through the metamaterial exits in parallel from a second surface of the metamaterial. The refraction, diffraction and reflection at the abrupt transition points can be significantly reduced in the present disclosure and the problems caused by interferences are eased, which further improves performances of the metamaterial and the metamaterial antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue
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Publication number: 20130002490Abstract: An antenna comprises a medium substrate and grounding units attached on the medium substrate. The antenna further comprises a metal structure attached on the medium substrate. The metal structure comprises an electromagnetic response unit, a metal open ring enclosing the electromagnetic response unit and a feeding point connected to an end of the metal open ring. The electromagnetic response unit comprises an electric-field coupling structure. This design increases the physical length of the antenna equivalently, so an RF antenna operating at an extremely low frequency can be designed within a very small space. This can eliminate the physical limitation imposed by the spatial area when the conventional antenna operates at a low frequency, and satisfy the requirements of miniaturization, a low operating frequency and broadband multi-mode services for the mobile phone antenna. Meanwhile, a solution of a lower cost is provided for design of the antenna of wireless communication apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Guanxiong Xu, Nenghui Fang