ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,148, issued on March 24, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Automatic RF output power-limiting amplifier with dynamic feedback" was invented by Brian P. Helm (Murphy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amplifier includes a gain stage having a gain stage input and a gain stage output and an impedance matching circuit connected to the gain stage output, the impedance matching circuit including an input and an output. The amplifier also includes a coupling circuit connected to the input of the impedance matching circuit and a shorting circuit connected to the output of the impedance matching circuit. The coupling circ...