ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,885, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PELTBEAM INC. (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

"Communication apparatus and method for adaptive cooling of antenna elements" was invented by Mehdi Hatamian (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Venkat Kalkunte (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method in a communication apparatus that includes detecting a variation in power consumption in a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna array based on a change in a performance state of the plurality of antenna elements. The includes controlling, based on the detected variation in the power consumption, a plurality of thermoelectric devices of the com...