ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,082, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ZTE Corp. (Shenzhen, China).

"Phase shifter, electrically regulated antenna, network device, and phase shifter manufacturing method" was invented by Liang Liu (Shenzhen, China), Yulong Kang (Shenzhen, China), Lijun Yang (Shenzhen, China), Feng Yang (Shenzhen, China) and Lei Chen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase shifter, an electrically regulated antenna, a network device, and a phase shifter manufacturing method are provided. The phase shifter includes: a shielding member, and an adjustable dielectric layer provided in a shielding space formed by the shielding member; t...