Monday, September 12, 2011

US Patent 8013247 - SWCNT transmission line

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8013247.html

This patent from the MITRE Corporation teaches a way to form transmission lines and inductors from single walled carbon nanotubes to enable smaller antenna and sensor devices. Claim 1 reads:

1. A transmission line, comprising:

(a) a bundle of approximately 10,000 single-walled carbon nanotubes;

(b) a conductive sheet, wherein the bundle of approximately 10,000 single-walled carbon nanotubes is supported in a plane above the conductive sheet.

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