ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,431, issued on March 25, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in radio frequency (RF) switch circuitry" was invented by Alp Oguz (Istanbul), Turusan Kolcuoglu (Istanbul), Celal Avci (Istanbul) and Atilim Ergul (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods related to electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in radio frequency (RF) switch circuitry are provided. An electrostatic discharge (ESD)-protected radio frequency (RF) switch circuitry includes a common port; at least one terminal port; a switch circuitry coupled between th...