ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,395, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Xcerra Corp. (Norwood, Mass.).

"System and method for attenuating and/or terminating RF circuit" was invented by Yukang Feng (San Jose, Calif.), Nadia Steckler (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Jason Mroczkowski (Stillwater, Minn.) and James Hattis (Minnetonka, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-speed circuit assembly includes a high-speed circuit including at least one waveguide/transmission line, and a radiation absorbing material disposed in contact with or in close proximity with the waveguide/transmission line."

The patent was filed on April 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/132,238.

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