ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,278, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Ion Beam Applications S.A. (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).

"RF power combiner/divider" was invented by Michel Abs (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RF power combiner/divider that combines a plurality of inputs into a combined output and comprises an isolating circuit coupling the inputs to a common floating point is provided. The isolating circuit includes a grounded resonant cavity inside which transmission lines are arranged, each of the transmission lines having a first end respectively connected to one of the inputs and an opposite second end connected to a grounded ...