ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,039, issued on Oct. 28.
"Electronic devices with high frequency reflective antenna arrays" was invented by Bertram R Gunzelmann (Koenigsbrunn, Germany) and Zdravko Boos (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a photonics-based phased antenna array that conveys wireless signals at frequencies greater than 100 GHz. In a transmit mode, the array may transmit signals using the first and second optical signals. In a receive mode, the array may receive signals using the optical signals. In a passive mode, the array may reflect incident wireless signals as reflected signals. Photodiodes in the array may be co...