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Protected Ir Input System, Kevin Ersoy
Protected Ir Input System, Kevin Ersoy
Electrical Engineering
The result of this project is a product that may be used to apply a digital input to a system without physically touching a device. The combination of a modulated IR signal and reflective technology produces this remote actuation. The signal emitter should produce the modulated IR light, and the receiver should continuously wait for this signal to be received. If the IR signal should encounter an obstruction causing reflection at the appropriate distance, it will be reflected directly into the receiving device. This project may be extended to include multiple duplicate systems in proximity by transmitting a modulated digital …
Phase Shaping In The Infrared By Planar Quasi-Periodic Surfaces Comprised Of Sub-Wavelength Elements, James Ginn
Phase Shaping In The Infrared By Planar Quasi-Periodic Surfaces Comprised Of Sub-Wavelength Elements, James Ginn
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Reflectarrays are passive quasi-periodic sub-wavelength antenna arrays designed for discrete reflected phase manipulation at each individual antenna element making up the array. By spatially varying the phase response of the antenna array, reflectarrays allow a planar surface to impress a non-planar phasefront upon re-radiation. Such devices have become commonplace at radio frequencies. In this dissertation, they are demonstrated in the infrared for the first time--at frequencies as high as 194 THz. Relevant aspects of computational electromagnetic modeling are explored, to yield design procedures optimized for these high frequencies. Modeling is also utilized to demonstrate the phase response of a generalized …