ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,277, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Compact frequency reconfigurable array antenna based on diagonally placed meander-line decouplers and pin diodes for multi-range wireless communication" was invented by Yong Kyu Yoon (Gainesville, Fla.), Payman Pahlavan (Gainesville, Fla.) and Suk-il Choi (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes various systems and apparatuses for a compact frequency reconfigurable array antenna and methods related thereto. An exemplary array antenna system comprises a substrate; an array of patch ante...