ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,976, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Smart amplifier diagnostic systems and methods" was invented by Avraham Kliger (Ramat Gan, Israel), Hagay Garti (Be'er Ya'acov, Israel) and Yitshak David Ohana (Giv'at Ze'ev, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amplifier for a cable network includes circuitry configured to provide a diagnostic parameter. Exemplary parameter include one or more of: measurements of a frequency response, suckouts in the frequency domain, north upstream echo signal or power, north downstream signal or power, north upstream echo to downstream powe...