Metamaterials
From Theory to Marketplace
Every great discovery starts with curious people asking questions and looking for answers. Kymeta’s technology is based upon scientific discoveries in the field of metamaterials and has been harnessed into a world class flat panel antenna.
When paired with Kymeta Broadband, the resulting terminal is a shining example of research and ingenuity forged into a best-in-class product.
ANALYSIS
Russian physicist Victor Veselago, Ph.D., publishes an analysis stating that negative index materials could be created to have both negative permittivity and permeability. Dr. Veselago postulated a material that did not exist in nature, but showed the remarkable properties such a material would possess.
1967
RESEARCH
Physics professor David R. Smith, Ph.D., independently researches negative permeability, but his original research article is rejected by Physical Review Letters. Because of the rejection, Dr. Smith performs a literature search and finds Dr. Veselago’s 1967 research paper on negative index materials.
1998
DEVELOPMENT
Theoretical physicist Sir John Pendry, FRS FInstP, publishes a paper describing his creation of a man-made magnetic material that allowed him to manipulate electromagnetic radiation, inventing the first metamaterial.
1999
INVESTMENT
In 2004 Nathan Myhrvold, Ph.D., and Casey Tegreene, J.D., the founder/CEO and EVP of Intellectual Ventures respectively, become interested in creating an IP portfolio around metamaterials.
2004
A NEW TECHNOLOGY
Sir John Pendry, in collaboration with Dr. Smith and his group at Duke University, create the first invisibility cloak. They invent a tool to bend light in such a way that it forms a container around an object, making the object “invisible” over a band of frequencies in the microwave spectrum.
2006
INCEPTION
Initial research and development of what will become Kymeta's core technology begins with Dr. Smith's team at Duke.
2008
BREAKTHROUGH
A team at Intellectual Ventures create the first 2D scanning prototype of a metamaterial scanning antenna to scan in both directions, not just along one axis.
2011
FOUNDED
Kymeta spins out of Intellectual Ventures, to further develop and commercialize the metamaterials surface antenna technology.
2012
CONNECTION
In December of 2013, the Kymeta team closes the first ever transmit and receive satellite connection using a prototype metamaterial-based antenna.
2013
A NEW APPROACH
Kymeta creates the first glass-on-glass, thin-film-transistor-based (TFT) metamaterials-based satellite antenna. This step will make mass production of Kymeta flat panel satellite antennas possible.
2015
COMMERICALIZATION
Kymeta announces the commercial availability of its first product, the u7, and begins expanding its global partnerships and deploying units worldwide.
2017 - 2019
NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Kymeta unveils its next-generation products and services, the u8 and Kymeta Connect. The integration of these next-generation solutions, the Antenna, Terminal, and Kymeta Connect Service, support unparalleled global mobile satellite-cellular connectivity.
2020
CONTINUED GROWTH
Kymeta deploys terminals to every continent except Antarctica across a wide range of verticals and use cases including first responders, government, and land mobile. Kymeta also expands its global strategic partners and counting signed by 2020.
2020 - and beyond
A Metamaterials Approach
The Advantages of Using Metamaterials Over Phased Array
FULL DUPLEX FORM FACTOR
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