US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on Jan. 20 for "Microstrip patch log periodic antenna (MSPLPA) scaling methodology using non-planar antenna geometries and additive manufacturing" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,333, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Microstrip patch log periodic antenna (MSPLPA) scaling methodology using non-planar antenna geometries and additive manufacturing" was invented by Jeremiah D. Wolf (Atkins, Iowa), Ross K. Wilcoxon (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and James B. West (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microstrip patch log periodic antenna (MSPLPA) may include a ground plane, a dielectric material, a printed circuit board comprising a microstrip patches. Each of the microstrip patches may be configured to transmit and/or receive signals. The dielectric material may...