ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,187, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Planetary radar high power array feed calibration" was invented by Zachary Dunn (Wylie, Texas) and Domingo Cruz-Pagan (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmitter system includes a transmitter feed array configured to generate a radio signal. The transmitter system also includes a reflector configured to transmit the radio signal outward in a narrow beam. The transmitter system further includes a sub-reflector configured to receive the radio signal from the transmitter feed array and reflect the radio signal to the reflector before the radio signal ...