ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,344, issued on July 21, was assigned to MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS LLC (Amherst, Mass.).

"Cryogenic parametric amplifier control apparatus" was invented by Christopher Tze-Chao Koh (Amherst, Mass.) and Kenneth Ray Wood (Hadley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic parametric amplifier control apparatus is disclosed. Methods of implementation and devices incorporated within the whole of the apparatus are disclosed. Methods of reducing the number of signal lines necessary to control a parametric amplifier are disclosed. Schema allowing for control of multiple parametric amplifiers with a single apparatus are disclosed."

The p...