ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,389, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Amphenol Antenna Solutions Inc. (Conover, N.C.).
"Application of a metasurface lens" was invented by Jimmy Ho (Hickory, N.C.), Erik Thijssen (Tours, France), Tony Pallone (Civray de Touraine, France), Thomas Hardy (Montlouis-sur-Loire, France), Cyrille Leblanc (Poce-sur-Cisse, France) and Eric Proteau (Mosnes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna includes a radiating structure to radiate electromagnetic waves having a phase along a radiating path extending in an axial direction, and a lens disposed in the radiating path and configured to pass the electromagnetic waves therethrough. ...