US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Jan. 20 for "Line-of-sight detector and communication system in sub-THz and THz ranges" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,353, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Line-of-sight detector and communication system in sub-THz and THz ranges" was invented by Michael Shur (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a line of sight detector. The line of sight detector includes a first TeraFET (field effect transistor) including a first source, a first drain, a first gate, and a first channel having a first end and a second end. The line of sight detector further includes a first source antenna coupled to the first source; a first drain antenna coupled to the first drain; and a third antenna...