ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,832, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Compact and broadband Doherty power amplifier" was invented by Wing Shing Chan (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Liheng Zhou (Jiangsu, China) and Xinyu Zhou (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Doherty power amplifier that includes an input, an output, a main power amplification device connected between the input and the output; and an auxiliary power amplification device connected between the input and the output. The auxiliary power amplification device is arranged in parallel with the main power amplification device. The Doherty power amp...