ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,318, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to C-COM SATELLITE SYSTEMS INC. (Canada).

"Ka-band 2D phased-array antenna in package" was invented by Amir Raeesi (Waterloo, Canada), Wael Abdel-Wahab (Kitchener, Canada), Ardeshir Palizban (Waterloo, Canada), Ahmad Ehsandar (Kitchener, Canada), Suren Gigoyan (Kitchener, Canada) and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phased antenna array in a package is provided. The phased array antenna in a package comprises an antenna array with an integrated passive beamformer network, and at least one actuation mechanism. The passive beamformer network comprises at least...