US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on June 2 for "Area-efficient power detection subsystem for phased array transmitter" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,164, issued on June 2, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Area-efficient power detection subsystem for phased array transmitter" was invented by Muhammad Hassan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, an apparatus may comprise multiple power coupling circuits that are each coupled between a respective power amplifier and a respective antenna element in a phased array, each power coupling circuit configured to generate a current proportional to an output power of the respective power amplifier. The apparatus may comprise a shared transimpedance amplifier (TIA) coupled to the multiple power coupling circuits,...