ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,463, issued on May 6, was assigned to Kaelus Pty Ltd (Cannon Hill, Australia).

"Method and system for identifying external PIM sources" was invented by Martin Bailey (Cannon Hill, Australia) and Mostafa Abushaaban (Cannon Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for identifying PIM sources for an antenna under test (AUT) are provided, where the AUT is installed in a desired operating environment. The system comprises: a PIM analyser, connected to the AUT for applying first and second RF stimulus signals to an input port of the AUT; and a portable RF emitter, configured to apply a third RF stimulus signal to ...