US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on March 4 for "Antenna gain enhancement using frequency selective surface" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,062, issued on March 4, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Antenna gain enhancement using frequency selective surface" was invented by Mahmoud Shirazi (San Diego), Guining Shi (San Diego), Allen Minh-Triet Tran (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Derek Punch (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of using an antenna system, comprising a transducer that is configured to transduce between wireless signals and wired signals and that is disposed between a ground conductor and a frequency selective surface, includes: providing constructive interference between a first signal of a first frequency and a reflected firs...