US Patent Issued to Hughes Network Systems on April 7 for "Direct radiating phased array antenna systems" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,715, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hughes Network Systems LLC (Germantown, Md.).

"Direct radiating phased array antenna systems" was invented by Stanley Kay (Gaithersburg, Md.), Graham Taylor (Gaithersburg, Md.) and Thomas Alan Walter (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described herein for providing a direct radiating antenna (DRA) for installation on a communication satellite. The DRA is a phased array of microstrip patch antennas implemented in a very compact profile on a planar substrate. Embodiments of array are implemented as an array of radiating element configurations, each having a...