ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,106, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Phase shifter assembly as well as antenna for radiofrequency signals" was invented by Jan Gravendieck (Rosenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase shifter assembly has a signal conductor, a ground conductor and a shifting device. The shifting device is movable with respect to the signal conductor, wherein the shifting device has an active section with a dielectric component and a passive section with a compensation component. The phase shifter assembly has a first impedance in the active section of the shifting device and a seco...