US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on Oct. 14 for "Waveguide-microstrip line converter having a conversion section with a hole therein" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,823, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Waveguide-microstrip line converter having a conversion section with a hole therein" was invented by Takashi Maruyama (Tokyo), Shigeo Udagawa (Tokyo) and Mitsuru Kirita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waveguide-microstrip line converter includes a waveguide having an open end, a dielectric substrate having a first surface facing the open end and a second surface facing the opposite direction to the first surface, a ground conductor provided on the first surface and connected to the open end, the ground conductor being provided with a slot in a region ...