ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,662, issued on May 19.
"Compact beamforming module for phased array antenna systems" was invented by Cagatay Erturk Gungor (Cankaya, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a compact beamforming module (10) for phased array antennas, comprising RF switches (12) and a plurality of phase shifters (20), each of which has at least one defected ground structure (26/27/18), by applying a thin film structure on any type of substrate (22). The beamforming module of the invention provides unique synergistic features and advantages, such as material selection independent of the substrate (22) type, ease of integra...