ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,532, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego) Inc. (San Diego).

"Wideband phased array antenna for millimeter wave communications" was invented by Abhishek Singh (San Diego), Mehak Garg (San Diego) and Jeffrey L. Hilbert (Dana Point, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wideband phased array antenna is provided. The wideband phased array antenna includes a plurality of antenna cells. Each of the antenna cells is configured to communicate over a frequency band ranging from 24 GHz to 52 GHz. Furthermore, one or more of the antenna cells includes a driven element and a parasitic element. The driven element...