US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Jan. 27 for "Nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) with controllable harmonic output power spectrum" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,276, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) with controllable harmonic output power spectrum" was invented by Dah-Weih Duan (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Elizabeth T. Kunkee (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Kenneth F. Sato (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Kwok K. Loi (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Mansoor K. Siddiqui (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Minhdao D. Truong (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Wesley W. Chan (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) comprises a plurality of interconnected transmission line cells, each including a shunt ...