ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,277, issued on July 14, was assigned to SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Kameyama City, Japan).

"Phased array antenna" was invented by Hideki Kitagawa (Kameyama City, Japan), Yoshimasa Chikama (Kameyama City, Japan) and Masamitsu Yamanaka (Kameyama City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phased array antenna with excellent reliability is provided. The phased array antenna includes a printed circuit board 10 including a plurality of first terminals, a TFT substrate 50 including a plurality of second terminals and being arranged to face the printed circuit board 10, and a plurality of conductors 30 connecting the first terminals an...