Signal communication based on levitated particle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12470334-B2
Application number	US-202318549553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2023
Priority date	Jun 27, 2022
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and device for performing signal communication based on a levitated particle. In one example, the method includes: preparing a levitated state of the particle; regulating and measuring a net charge quantity carried by the levitated particle; calibrating electromagnetic response characteristics of the levitated particle; applying an electromagnetic communication signal; obtaining and demodulating the electromagnetic communication signal. In an example, the device includes: a levitation trapper; a charge measure-regulator; an electromagnetic response calibrator, configured to obtain, in advance, a background noise and an electromagnetic response transfer function of the levitated particle; a communication signal detect-demodulator, configured to detect a motion response of the levitated particle under an electromagnetic communication signal; based on the background noise and the electromagnetic response transfer function of the levitated particle, recover the applied electromagnetic communication signal from the detected motion response, and demodulate symbols of the electromagnetic communication signal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method of performing signal communication based on a levitated particle, the method comprising:
preparing a levitated state of a particle, wherein the levitated state of the particle refers to the particle being levitated in a non-contact bound state in an environment; regulating and measuring a net charge quantity carried by the levitated particle; calibrating electromagnetic response characteristics of the levitated particle; applying an electromagnetic communication signal; obtaining a motion response of the levitated particle to which the electromagnetic communication signal is applied; and demodulating, based on the motion response, symbols of the electromagnetic communication signal.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein,
the particle enters the non-contact bound state under an applied electromagnetic field; and the applied electromagnetic field comprises a tightly-focused beam, a levitated electric field or a levitated magnetic field.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the environment for the particle levitation comprises air, vacuum, and different environments for levitation corresponding to different communication sensitivities.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic response characteristics of the levitated particle comprise:
a background noise of the levitated particle; and an electromagnetic response transfer function of the levitated particle.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the electromagnetic communication signal comprises:
generating an electric field by utilizing a parallel electrode; and, generating a magnetic field by utilizing a permanent magnet or electromagnet.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein demodulating, based on the motion response, the symbols of the electromagnetic communication signal comprises:
for the electromagnetic communication signal, filtering out a background noise of the levitated particle and compensating for an electromagnetic response transfer function, to obtain a recovered signal; converting the recovered signal from a frequency domain to a time domain; demodulating the time domain of the recovered signal to obtain symbols of the recovered signal; and calculating a bit error between the demodulated symbols and initial symbols.

7 . A device for performing signal communication based on a levitated particle, the device comprising:
a levitation trapper configured to levitate a particle in a non-contact manner in an environment; a charge measure-regulator configured to generate free charges around the levitated particle, and regulate and measure a net charge quantity carried by the levitated particle; an electromagnetic response calibrator, configured to measure a background noise and measure an electromagnetic response transfer function of the levitated particle by applying an electromagnetic communication signal to the levitated particle; and a communication signal detect-demodulator, configured to detect a motion response of the levitated particle under the electromagnetic communication signal, and based on the background noise and the electromagnetic response transfer function of the levitated particle, recover the electromagnetic communication signal from the detected motion response, and demodulate symbols of the electromagnetic communication signal.

8 . The device of claim 7 , wherein,
the charge measure-regulator is located inside the levitation trapper.

9 . The device of claim 7 , wherein the electromagnetic response calibrator is located outside the levitation trapper.

10 . The device of claim 7 , wherein the communication signal detect-demodulator is located in a signal reception direction outside the levitation trapper.

Assignees

• Zhejiang Lab
• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Hu Huizhu
• Fu Zhenhai
• Gao Xiaowen
• Chen Xingfan
• Li Nan
• Liu Cheng
• Chen Zhiming
• Xu Jinsheng
• Zhu Shaochong
• Wang Yingying
• He Peitong

Classifications

• H04L27/0014 Primary

  Carrier regulation (of chaotic carriers H04L27/001; for multicarrier receivers H04L27/2657) · CPC title

• H04L1/203

  Details of error rate determination, e.g. BER, FER or WER · CPC title

• H04B15/00

  Suppression or limitation of noise or interference (by means associated with receiver H04B1/10) · CPC title

• H04L1/206 Primary

  for modulated signals · CPC title

• H04L27/0008 Primary

  arrangements for allowing a transmitter or receiver to use more than one type of modulation (negotiating modulation type for two-way transmission paths H04L5/1453) · CPC title