ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,987, issued on May 27, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Antenna-on-package system" was invented by Yiqi Tang (Allen, Texas) and Rajen Murugan (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes an antenna-on-package system that includes a multi-layer antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a first conductive layer having a patch antenna and a transmission line. The transmission line extends from a feed-side edge of the patch antenna to terminate in a launch structure. The antenna structure also includes a second conductive layer having a ground reflector spaced apart from the first conductive layer ...