ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,552, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Super-lattice castellated field effect transistor (SLCFET) switch system" was invented by Matthew Ambrose Marcou (Elgin, Ill.) and Tyler J. O'Hara (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes a super-lattice castellated field effect transistor (SLCFET) system. The system includes a plurality of SLCFETs arranged in a series stack between a first port and a second port to provide a propagation path of a radio frequency (RF) signal between the first port and the second port in response to activation of the SLCFETs. The system...