ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,385, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Corp. (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada).

"Dual-band radiating element and modular antenna array" was invented by Nicholas Boudreau (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada), Aiping Liang (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada) and Mathieu Riel (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual band radiating element and modular antenna array suitable for application in space communications is provided. The dual band radiating element comprises a stacked patch antenna for transmitting RF signal of a first signal frequency band (e.g. S-Band) and receiving ...