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Functional Allometric Structure Thermal Storage (FAST-Storage) (Case No. 2022-240)

Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed an innovative thermal storage system that dynamically adapts to thermal fluctuations of phase change materials, significantly enhancing heat transfer efficiency. Background: Phase change materials (PCMs) are used to store and release thermal energy...

Published: 2/24/2025 | Inventor(s): Hossein Kavehpour, Jonathan Hopkins, Leyla Mirmomen

Keywords(s): Consumer Electronics, efficiency enhancement, Energy Density, Energy Efficiency, Energy Generation & Storage, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, energy management, energy-efficient, heat control, heat controlling devices, Heat Transfer, phase change materials, Thermal Energy Storage, thermal management systems, thermal stability

Category(s): Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Mechanical > Heat Transfer, Mechanical

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: 2/14/2025 | 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

A New ADC Architecture (Case No. 2023-276)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel analog-digital conversion (ADC) Architecture that achieves high-speed, high-resolution signal conversion with reduced power consumption and increased linearity. Background: High-speed, high-resolution analog-digital converters (ADCs) are what...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Utkarsh Sharma, Behzad Razavi

Keywords(s): Computer Architecture, Consumer Electronics, Digital Electronics, Digital Signal Processing, Integrated Circuit, processor design, quantum communication, Quantum Computer, Quantum Dot, quantum error correction (QEC), quantum incompressible fluid, quantum key, quantum network, quantum processing, quantum processor, Signal Processing, trapped ion quantum processor

Category(s): Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Computing Hardware

Headar: Sensing Head Gestures for Smartwatches With Wearable Radar (Case No. 2023-265)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed Headar, a wearable radar that can be implemented in smartwatches to detect head gestures. Background: Smartwatches have recently experienced rapid technological advancement and gained a large popularity due to their wide variety of applications features...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Yang Zhang, Xiaoying Yang, Eiji Hayashi

Keywords(s): Antennas/Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Electronics & Semiconductors, head gesture, millimeter-wave, Radar, Radar / Antennae, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductors, Smart Antenna, Smart Material, smart sensing, Smartphone, Smartwatch, wearable

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Ar/Vr, Electrical, Electrical > Wireless, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Wireless > Antennas

2021-229 Processes, Equipment and Materials Recipes, and Related Know-How to Perform the Silicon-Interconnect Fabric (Si-IF) Chip-Scale Packaging Technology

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel manufacturing process for Silicone-Interconnect Fabric (Si-IF) that is not only scalable, but also robust as it relies on established processing techniques from CMOS technologies. Background: With the rise of computation-heavy applications, such...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Subramanian Iyer

Keywords(s): Analogue Electronics, CMOS, Consumer Electronics, Digital Electronics, Electronic Packaging, Electronics & Semiconductors, electronics packaging, heterogenous electronic systems, Integrated Circuit Via (Electronics), Interposers, Nanotechnology, Power Electronics, Printed Circuit Board, Printed Electronics, Silicon

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors > Memory