ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,509, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Reconfigurable antenna systems with ground tuning pads" was invented by Rene Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang (Anaheim, Calif.) and Hardik Bhupendra Modi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reconfigurable antenna systems with ground tuning pads are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a radio frequency module includes a module substrate including a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer separated by dielectric, an antenna element formed in the first conductive layer, a plurality of tuning condu...