ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,714, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Cavity-backed antenna having controllable beam width" was invented by Wen Duan (Shenzhen, China), Weihong Xiao (Dongguan, China), Xue Bai (Dongguan, China) and Dingjiu Daojian (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna includes a radiating element, a reflective baseplate, a metal enclosure frame, a first reflective surface, and a radiation cavity. The radiating element is on the reflective baseplate and is below the first reflective surface. The reflective baseplate is rectangular. A length of the reflective baseplate is greater ...