ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,191, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Phase modulating device and intelligent reflecting surface" was invented by Shigesumi Araki (Tokyo), Mitsutaka Okita (Tokyo), Daiichi Suzuki (Tokyo) and Shinichiro Oka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase modulating device includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a height of the liquid crystal layer from the first electrode toward the second electrode is 30 micro metre or more and 50 micro metre or le...