ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,348, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Radiator for providing terahertz electromagnetic radiation" was invented by Liang Gao (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Chi Hou Chan (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiator for providing terahertz electromagnetic radiation. The radiator includes multiple transistor-based oscillators each operable to generate third harmonic power. The radiator also includes a patch antenna operably coupled with the transistor-based oscillators for providing terahertz electromagnetic radiation based on the third harmonic power generated by the transis...