ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,601, issued on July 22, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Channel impedance measurement instrument" was invented by Sandor Farkas (Round Rock, Texas) and Bhyrav Mutnury (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test system is provided for determining that data channels on a printed circuit board (PCB) have a predetermined impedance level. Each channel in the PCB is terminated at the predetermined impedance level. The PCB has a receptacle for coupling a device to the channels. An instrument can be installed into the receptacle, and includes connections to each of the channels, and a connector that is coupled...