US Patent Issued to NGK INSULATORS on Sept. 29 for "Waveguide device operable up to terahertz frequencies including a line substrate having periodic holes formed therein and which is mounted on a support substrate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,785, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya-City, Japan).

"Waveguide device operable up to terahertz frequencies including a line substrate having periodic holes formed therein and which is mounted on a support substrate" was invented by Kentaro Tani (Nagoya, Japan) and Jungo Kondo (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waveguide device includes: a line substrate having holes periodically formed in a semiconductor substrate; a waveguide configured to propagate an electromagnetic wave while confining the electromagnetic wave therein with the holes; a low-dielectric constant portion having a dielectri...