ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,690, issued on May 26, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Radio-frequency amplifier with large signal protection" was invented by Mohamed Abouzied (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wireless circuitry can include a radio-frequency amplifier, a power detection circuit coupled to an output of the radio-frequency amplifier and configured to output a power detection voltage, protection circuitry coupled to the power detection circuit and configured to output a protection voltage, and a control circuit configured to adjust the amplifier based on the power detection voltage and the protection voltage. The protect...