US Patent Issued to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON on July 15 for "Communication node and method for generating modulated signals by backscattering" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,774, issued on July 15, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Communication node and method for generating modulated signals by backscattering" was invented by Miguel Lopez (Solna, Sweden), Leif Wilhelmsson (Lund, Sweden) and Henrik Sjoland (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication node (500) and method therein for generating and transmitting a modulated radio frequency (RF) signal by means of backscattering are disclosed. The wireless communication node (500) comprises an antenna (510) configured to receive a illuminating RF signal, a switch (520) that has M states, a set of...