US Patent Issued to Lockheed Martin on March 17 for "High density radio frequency connections" (Colorado, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,590, issued on March 17, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"High density radio frequency connections" was invented by Timothy Patrick Wink (Castle Rock, Colo.), Frank Lucchesi (Burnsville, Minn.), Bradley Frank Allen (Denver) and Nathan Jastram (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are various enhancements for coupling radio frequency signals among components of aperture antenna arrays and electronically steered arrays (ESAs). An apparatus is provided having a first printed circuit board comprising stripline links arranged to carry radio frequency signals routed to a connector co...