US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Nov. 3 for "Meshed transmission line" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,750, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Meshed transmission line" was invented by Nyle Lee Kendrick (Baltimore), Joshua A. Strong (Ellicott City, Md.) and Haitao O. Dai (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit (IC) includes a first metal layer that provides a signal layer. The IC furthermore includes a second metal layer spaced apart from the first metal layer by a gap, the second metal layer providing a ground plane. A meshed signal line including one or more holes is disposed in the first metal layer and the meshed signal line is configured to transm...