Katehi

Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, an electrical engineer whose cell phone, radar and antenna circuits are used in signal transmitting, receiving and processing, has been named a charter fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Read more in Laurels.

The 101 fellows hold more than 3,200 U.S. patents. Katehi has 19 (click on the patent number for more information):

U.S. Patent 5,608,263 Micromachined self-packaged circuits for high-frequency applications, March 4, 1997

U.S. Patent 5,821,836 Miniaturized filter assembly, Oct. 13, 1998 

U.S. Patent 5,913,134 Micromachined self-packaged circuits for high-frequency applications, June 15, 1999

U.S. Patent 6,081,239 Planar antenna including a superstrate lens having an effective dielectric constant, June 27, 2000

U.S. Patent 6,207,903 Via transitions for use as micromachined circuit interconnects, March 27, 2001

U.S. Patent 6,480,162 Low-cost, compact omnidirectional printed antenna, Nov. 12, 2002

U.S. Patent 6,509,880 Integrated planar antenna printed on a compact dielectric slab having an effective dielectric constant, Jan. 21, 2003

U.S. Patent 6,664,932 Multifunction antenna for wireless and telematic applications, Dec. 16, 2003

U.S. Patent 6,677,769 Scanning electromagnetic-field imager with optical-fiberbased electro-optic field-mapping system, Jan. 13, 2004

U.S.  Patent 6,696,645 On-wafer packaging for RF-MEMS, Feb. 24, 2004

U.S. Patent 6,825,741 Planar filters having periodic electromagnetic bandgap substrates, Nov. 30, 2004

U.S. Patent 6,906,506 Method and apparatus for simultaneous measurement of electric field and temperature using an electro-optic semiconductor probe, June 14, 2005

U.S. Patent 6,906,669 Multifunction antenna, June 14, 2005

U.S. Patent 7,196,637 Antenna system embedded in a support structure for integrating a tire sensor, March 27, 2007

U.S. Patent 7,283,029 3-D transformers for high-frequency applications, Oct. 16, 2007

US. Patent 7,760,142 Self-aligned wafer level integration system, Jan. 6, 2009 

U.S. Patent 7,760,142 Vertically integrated transceiver array, July 20, 2010

U.S. Patent 7,824,997 Membrane suspended mems structures, Nov. 2, 2010

U.S. Patent 7,825,868 Handheld reader antenna for rfid and tire pressure monitoring system, Nov. 2, 2010