Atif Shamim’s Invention Can Reduce Mobile Phone Antenna Power Losses
By Aamir Attaa · Monday, Dec 22, 2008
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Atif Shamim, a Pakistani electronics PhD student at Carleton University, has built a prototype that extends the battery life of mobile phones, by getting rid of all the wires used to connect the electronic circuits with the antenna.
The invention involves a packaging technique to connect the antenna with the circuits via a wireless connection between a micro-antenna embedded within the circuits on the chip.
“This has not been tried before – that the circuits are connected to the antenna wirelessly. They’ve been connected through wires and a bunch of other components. That’s where the power gets lost,” Mr. Shamim said.
He estimates his module consumes 12 times less power than the traditional, wired-transmitter module. It is also much simpler in design, lowering the overall cost of any hand-held device, he said.
Mr. Shamim has filed patent applications in the U.S. and in Canada.
Earlier this year, the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation honored Mr. Shamim and Mr. Arsalan as student researchers of the year for their work in the field of wireless biomedical sensors. Also honored was University of Ottawa student David Nadeau, for his contribution to the “more intelligent online search engine,” yooname.com
Research on the invention, to be published in the upcoming edition of Microwave Journal, has already received international accolades.
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I called him the Energizer Man at my blog
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sir g, Pakistanis are brilliant, as much that only Pakistanis can imagine the higher level of brilliance of another Pakistani.
Thank god somebody finally came up with this!!
I also worked on antenna design but never thought of using wireless connectivity to reduce losses
Brilliant idea i must say
excuse me …. who are u sadaf
Well, well, well, do you all know that our distinguished PhD student is a deserter from Pakistan Army and will be immediately arrested if ever he tries to come back to Pakistan???
wel for your information he ain’t a deserter he left for some good… and every one can c that… so thanks for telling us all that how u feel when a pakistani shows the world that how good they are.. thanks for all that you feel about us……….