ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,881, issued on June 17, was assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"Wideband frequency converter" was invented by Brandt J. Lomen (Bedford, N.H.) and John Kimball (Bedford, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for converting frequency of signals includes a first switch having a first input terminal to receive a first input signal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal, wherein the first switch couples the first input terminal to either the first or the second output terminal. A mixer circuit is coupled to the second output terminal, and is to mix the fir...