ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,115, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ARIEL SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS LTD. (Ariel, Israel).
"System and method for reconfigurable metasurface sub reflector" was invented by Amir Abramovich (Herzeliya, Israel) and David Rotshild (Karney Shomron, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable metasurface sub reflector comprises an array of cell units. Each sub unit is formed of two sub-unit cells formed with at least two conducting layers separated by a dielectric substrate. One conducting layer has, in each of the sub-unit cells, two parallel strips connected by a varactor and the other conducting layer serves as a ground lay...