ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,960, issued on April 8, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Wide power dynamic range CMOS RF-to-DC converter using body-control scheme" was invented by Muneer A. Al-Absi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency to direct current (RF-DC) converter for harvesting radio frequency energy includes an antenna circuit, and a plurality of cross-coupled differential-drive (CCDD) rectifier stage. The antenna circuit receives RF signals and outputs a positive signal at a positive RF terminal and outputs a negative signal output at a negative RF terminal. Each CC...