ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,714, issued on June 23, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Methods related to radio-frequency switching devices having improved voltage handling capability" was invented by Guillaume Alexandre Blin (Carlisle, Mass.), Aniruddha B. Joshi (Irvine, Calif.) and Christophe Masse (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods related to radio-frequency (RF) switching devices having improved voltage handling capability. In some embodiments, a method for fabricating an RF switching device can include: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of field-effect transistors (FETs) on the semiconducto...