ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,361, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Flexible phased array antenna systems and methods" was invented by Ted Dabrowski (Madison, Ala.), Adriana Jara (Madison, Ala.), Kalsi Kar Ning Kwan (Huntsville, Ala.) and John D. Williams (Decatur, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phased array antenna system includes a flexible printed circuit board formed of a flexible material. The flexible printed circuit board includes a component layer, an antenna layer, and a phase matching layer between the component layer and the antenna layer. A control unit is coupled to the component layer. A plurality of antenn...