US Patent Issued to Aptiv Technologies on Dec. 16 for "Dielectric loaded waveguide for low loss signal distributions and small form factor antennas" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,350, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Dielectric loaded waveguide for low loss signal distributions and small form factor antennas" was invented by Dennis Vollbracht (Hilden, Germany) and Sachit Varma (Duisburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes radiation channels filled with a dielectric using a surface with a pattern of radiation elements to allow electromagnetic energy to enter or escape the dielectric. An absorption channel is paired with the radiation channel. The absorption channel is loaded with an absorber material to allow for a transfer of el...