ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,909, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (County Limerick, Ireland).

"Dual-polarized antennas with ring balun excitation" was invented by Ahmed Sakr (Cairo) and Islam A. Eshrah (Cairo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dual-polarized antennas with ring balun excitation are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a dual-polarized antenna includes an antenna element and a ring balun for providing excitation of the antenna element. The ring balun includes conductive segments electrically connected in a ring, a first input port that receives a first single-ended RF signal of a first signal polarization, and ...