ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,913, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Liquid crystal antenna" was invented by Tsung-Hsien Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Tien-Lun Ting (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal antenna includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first metal layer, and a second metal layer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the two substrates. The first metal layer is located between the lower substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and includes two opposite differential signal lines electrically connected to two electrode wires, resp...