ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,938, issued on April 29, was assigned to ALPHA NETWORKS INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Microstrip antenna" was invented by Yi-Ju Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Shiao-Fan Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microstrip antenna includes a substrate, a feedline, an impedance matching structure, and a patch radiator, wherein the substrate has a surface. The feedline is disposed on the surface and extends along a first axial direction. The impedance matching structure is disposed on the surface and has a first end and a second end in the first axial direction, wherein the first end is connected to the feedline. The impedance matchin...