ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,589, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Chengdu Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China).

"Liquid crystal phase shifter and liquid crystal antenna" was invented by Yifan Xing (Chengdu, China), Zhenyu Jia (Chengdu, China), Baiquan Lin (Chengdu, China), Kerui Xi (Chengdu, China), Xiaonan Han (Chengdu, China), Qingsan Zhu (Chengdu, China), Ping Su (Chengdu, China), Yifan Bao (Chengdu, China), Zuocai Yang (Chengdu, China) and Yi Wang (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal phase shifter and a liquid crystal antenna are provided. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes a first substrate and a second sub...