ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,461, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"RF-DC converter for energy harvesting using CMOS N-well process" 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 energy harvesting includes a first cross-coupled circuit and a second cross-coupled circuit. The first cross-coupled circuit includes a pair of NMOS transistors and a pair of PMOS transistors. The second cross-coupled circuit is connected to an output of the first cross-coupled circuit and includes four cross-coupled ...