ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,920, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Input matching network with harmonic trap for frequency multiplier" was invented by Hsin-Chang Lin (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of this disclosure relate to a frequency multiplier with a transmission line in an input matching network. The frequency multiplier can multiply a frequency of a radio frequency input signal. The transmission line can provide a second harmonic trap. The transmission line can be electrically connected between input terminals of a pair of balanced transistors of the frequency multiplier."

The patent was...