ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,113, issued on June 3, was assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Circuit and method of shutdown for bias network in high voltage amplifier" was invented by Wayne Mack Struble (Franklin, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power amplifier has an amplifier cell with an input terminal receiving an input signal and an output terminal providing an output signal. A bias network is coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier cell to provide a bias signal to the amplifier cell. A shutdown circuit is coupled to the bias network to disable the bias network in response to the input signal. The shutdown cir...