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Carrier Storage Frequency Divider Using Silicon PIN Diodes (Case No. 2025-023)
Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have designed and fabricated an innovative device capable of frequency division at the Terahertz range, featuring low power consumption, quadrature outputs, and high sensitivity. Background: Traditional electronic and optical devices struggle to operate at the...
Published: 4/10/2025   |   Inventor(s): Sidharth Thomas, Aydin Babakhani, Benyamin Fallahi Motlagh
Keywords(s): Analogue Electronics, Antennas/Wireless, artificial electromagnetic materials, Bandwidth (Signal Processing), Bioelectromagnetics, bioelectronics, bistable electroactive polymer, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Consumer Electronics, Continuous-Wave Radar, Digital Electronics, Digital Signal Processing, Electrical Engineering, Electroactive Polymers, Electrocatalyst, electrochemical sensors, Electrode, Electrode 3D Printing, electrodeposition, electrodes, Electroencephalography, Electroencephalography (EEG), Electroencephalography Microsecond Neurofeedback, Electrolyte, electromagnetic, Electromagnetism, Electron, electron emittance, Electron Gun, Electronics & Semiconductors, energy-efficient wireless communication, Extremely High Frequency, high-frequency signals, image signal processing, Imaging, Integrated Circuit, low-power device, Optical networks, PIN Diode, power conversion efficiency, Radar, Radar / Antennae, Remote Sensing, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductors, signal decoding, Signal Processing, Silicon, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), Wireless, wireless communication, wireless connectivity, Wireless Sensor Network, wireless spectrum
Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors > Circuits, Electrical, Electrical > Wireless, Electrical > Signal Processing
2021-225 An Innovative Dielectric Elastomer and Multilayer Dielectric Elastomer Actuator with High Electrically Induced Actuation Strains
SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a dielectric elastomer and layering process that can produce actuators capable of high strain and high frequency actuation. BACKGROUND: Dielectric elastomers (DE) can act as deformable capacitors that can generate a mechanical movement in response to an...
Published: 2/14/2025   |   Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Erin Askounis, Ye Shi
Keywords(s): Actuator, Capacitor, Dielectric, Elastomer, Electroactive Polymers, Flexible Electronics, Functional Materials, Haptic Technology, Haptic Technology Robotic Surgery, Robotics, Sensors, Smartphone
Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics, Life Science Research Tools, Software & Algorithms > Programs
Electroactive Biomaterials that Can Be Used to Repair Peripheral Nerve Defects
Affordable Polymer-Based Scaffold Promotes Nerve Regeneration by Electrical StimulationThis biomaterial composed of electroactive polymers utilizes electrical stimulation of cells to promote nerve regeneration within the peripheral nervous system. The field of regenerative medicine continually attracts increasing attention from investors and industries,...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): John Hardy, Christine Schmidt
Keywords(s): Biomaterials, electrical stimulation, electroactive polymers, Nerve Regeneration
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials, Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Drug Delivery, Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Others, Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Others, Technology Classifications > Veterinary > Others, Technology Classifications > Veterinary > Therapeutics
Integrated Wireless Drug Delivery Circuit for More Convenient Therapy
Miniaturizes Intelligent Devices for Targeted Control of Drug Delivery via Electroactive Polymers These intelligent devices with integrated wireless drug delivery circuits and multiple on-chip antennas can change the treatment of diseases by facilitating the controlled release of therapeutic agents into specific tissues and the bloodstream. Drug delivery...
Published: 10/20/2021   |   Inventor(s): William Eisenstadt, John Hardy, Byul Hur, Christine Schmidt
Keywords(s): electroactive polymers, integrated drug delivery circuit and system, nerve guide, wireless drug delivery system
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Equipment
Electroactive Polymers for Enhancing the Mechanical and Electrical Contact to Graphene or Carbon Nanotubes
Improves Adhesion of Secondary Materials onto Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Film Electrodes Without Degrading Their ConductanceThis conjugated polymer ensures reliable non-covalent interactions between secondary materials and carbon nanotube films without degrading the conductivity. Graphene or carbon nanotube films can produce robust, flexible and transparent...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Andrew Rinzler, Ryan Walczak, John Reynolds
Keywords(s): Carbon Nanotubes, conducting polymers, conjugated polymers, electroactive polymers, laminate, organic substances, photovoltaics, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, pyrene
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials