ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,163, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Advantest Corp. (Tokyo).
"Directional coupler arrangement" was invented by Giovanni Bianchi (Ehningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional coupler arrangement, comprising: a directional coupler comprising a direct path and a first coupled port and a second coupled port; a compensation arrangement configured to provide a coupling between signals of the first coupled port and of the second coupled port; wherein the compensation arrangement is configured to improve a directivity when compared to a directivity of the directional coupler by the coupling."
The patent was filed on Ap...