ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,631, issued on April 14, was assigned to Knowles Cazenovia Inc. (Cazenovia, N.Y.).

"Varactor-tunable radio frequency resonant circuits and components" was invented by Denis Loxha (New York) and Gregory Charles Alton (Cazenovia, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A varactor-tunable radio frequency (RF) resonant circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a planar impedance-controlled transmission line disposed on a dielectric substrate, and a voltage-controlled varactor diode, or an arrangement of parallel varactor diodes, electrically connecting a resonator of the planar transmission line to a reference node. The resonator can have ...