US Patent Issued to Waymo on Sept. 8 for "Open ended substrate integrated waveguide (OESIW) antenna array" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,908, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Open ended substrate integrated waveguide (OESIW) antenna array" was invented by Chan Ping Edwin Lim (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments relate to Open Ended Substrate Integrated Waveguide (OESIW) antenna arrays and techniques for manufacturing and using OESIW antenna arrays. An example antenna array includes a waveguide and a waveguide feed coupled to the waveguide. The waveguide feed is configured to couple electromagnetic energy between an external source and the waveguide. The antenna array also includes a printed circuit...