ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,589, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Corp. (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada).
"Direct radiating array antenna assembly" was invented by Guillaume Deuchst (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada), Emily Mackay Suthertown (Ottawa), Stephen Wilson (Pointe Claire, Canada) and Billy Marquez (Laval, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a direct radiating array ("DRA") antenna, the antenna including a printed circuit board ("PCB") having a first side and a second side opposing the first side, a thermal interface plate arranged generally parallel to the PCB, a plurality of radiating elements mounte...