ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,666, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE S.A. (Madrid).
"Microwave distribution network" was invented by Carlos Biurrun Quel (Pamplona, Spain), Carlos Del Rio Bocio (Pamplona, Spain) and Antonio Montesano Benito (Madrid).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave distribution network includes stacks of layers, each layer including unit cells. The unit cells have a coaxial input connected to three transmission lines with an angular span of 120deg. The layers are configured as a hexagonal lattice formed with replicated unit cells. The coaxial inputs are at the hexagon corners. Each unit cell is connected to three n...