ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,327, issued on April 21, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Multi-range power detection" was invented by Debopriyo Chowdhury (San Diego), Mahnaz Atri (San Diego) and Ali Afsahi (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprising a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The first circuit to receive, from an amplifier, a first signal having a first amount of power. The first circuit to also determine, based on the first amount of power, a range of power associated with transmission of the first signal by a transmitter. The second circuit to receive a second signal to...