US Patent Issued to VIASAT on Sept. 16 for "Antenna array architecture with electrically conductive columns between substrates" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,096, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to VIASAT INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Antenna array architecture with electrically conductive columns between substrates" was invented by Luis G. Astorga (Chandler, Ariz.) and Steven J. Franson (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna apparatus includes an antenna substrate with opposite first and second surfaces; and a PCB having opposite first and second surfaces. Antenna elements are disposed at the first surface of the antenna substrate. Electrically conductive columns, each having a first end attached to the second surface of the PCB and a second end attached to the second...