ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,262, issued on July 14, was assigned to MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Balancers for isolation baluns" was invented by Anthony Joseph Bichler III (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power amplifiers including balanced coaxial baluns are described. One example includes first and second amplifiers coupled to a balanced pair of first and second microstrip lines on a circuit board. A balun is coupled between the microstrip lines at a balanced end and between a conductive trace and a ground plane of the circuit board at an unbalanced end of the balun. The balun includes a coaxial balun line and a surfa...