ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,334, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components (San Diego) Inc. (San Diego).

"Millimeter wave radio frequency phase shifter" was invented by Sever Cercelaru (Le Bar sur Loup, France) and Olivier Pajona (Biot, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A millimeter wave RF phase shifter includes an input and an output. The RF phase shifter further includes a transmission line coupled to the input. The transmission line can include a plurality of taps. The RF phase shifter can further include a plurality of switching devices. Each switching device can be coupled between the output and a corresponding tap of the plurality of ...