ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,413, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for measuring strength of signal" was invented by Kihyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seokhyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yonghoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunchul Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a high data transfer rate, a method of measuring a power of a signal in an electronic device may include obtaining, by at least one sensor, a first voltage of the signal at a first point between a power amplifier and a tra...