ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,165, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Antenna unit, array, beam scannng method, communication apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Dong Chen (Beijing), Liangang Chi (Beijing) and Rui Zhou (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an antenna unit, an antenna array, a beam scanning method, a communication apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The antenna unit includes a microstrip patch antenna and a phase shifter. The phase shifter includes: a microstrip line; a liquid crystal layer, arranged between the microstrip line and the microstrip patch an...