US Patent Issued to THALES on Aug. 5 for "Active-array multi-beam antenna comprising a hybrid device for forming directive beams" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,320, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).

"Active-array multi-beam antenna comprising a hybrid device for forming directive beams" was invented by Herve Legay (Plaisance du Touch, France), Etienne Girard (Plaisance du Touch, France), Jean-Philippe Fraysse (Toulouse, France) and Florian Vidal (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active-array multi-beam antenna includes radiating elements and a hybrid device for forming directive beams. The hybrid device comprises an analogue stage divided into a plurality of analogue beam-forming networks forming like regional beams, and a digital stage suitable...