US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on March 24 for "Nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) with controllable harmonic output power spectrum" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,159, issued on March 24, 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.), Mansoor K. Siddiqui (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Stephane Larouche (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Kenneth F. Sato (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Kwok K. Loi (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 ...