ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,174, issued on June 30, was assigned to Maxtena Inc. (Germantown, Md.).
"Wideband multiple-input multiple-output antenna array with tapered body elements" was invented by Milan Lukic (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wide band Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna arrays include elements that taper from small ends located proximate to ground planes to larger ends which may be extended with vertical walls. Shapes of tapered elements exhibit different directivity patterns may be used in the same array and/or elements may be oriented differently such that their directivity patters peak in different directions. Each element...