ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,685, issued on March 18, was assigned to EMPOWER RF SYSTEMS INC. (Inglewood, Calif.).

"Power amplifier system with an internal optical communication link" was invented by Donald M. Wike (Corona, Calif.), Michael Berman (Los Angeles), Darren Miles (Anaheim, Calif.), Paulo Correa (Dana Point, Calif.), Leonid Mogilevsky (Encino, Calif.) and Marc Obbad (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for implementing an internal optical communication link in a power amplifier system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a power amplifier system that includes a panel, an optical link, and a contr...