US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army on April 21 for "Simultaneous multi-band Rydberg receiver/sensor" (Maryland, Texas, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,661, issued on April 21, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Simultaneous multi-band Rydberg receiver/sensor" was invented by David H. Meyer (Burtonsville, Md.), Joshua C. Hill (Silver Spring, Md.), Kevin C. Cox (Gate City, Va.) and Paul D. Kunz (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electric field sensors based on Rydberg atoms and their unique capabilities, relative to traditional sensors, are used for detecting radio frequency (RF) signals. Simultaneous demodulation and detection of multiple RF tones spanning nearly two decades (six octaves) are provided. ...