ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,201, issued on June 9, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Equalizer for linear-drive pluggable optics" was invented by Kadaba Lakshmikumar (Hillsborough, N.J.), Abhishek Bhat (Allentown, Pa.), Romesh Kumar Nandwana (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Gary Wong (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describe an equalizer that implements transconductor cells using switchable inverters. The equalizer includes an input line, an output line, and a first transconductor cell. The first transconductor cell includes a first inverter electrically connected between the input line and the output line, a second...