ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,546, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Bias circuit for an active phase shifter" was invented by Wing Fat Andy Lau (San Diego) and Jeremy Darren Dunworth (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active phase shifter includes a gain control signal generator circuit having a constant transconductance (Gm) bias circuit and a bias digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a vector modulator configured to receive bias outputs of the gain control signal generator circuit."

The patent was filed on June 19, 2024, under Application No. 18/747,512.

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