ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,510, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Staggering gain adjustments of amplifiers" was invented by Vasilis Papanikolaou (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adjustments to gain levels, associated with amplifiers, including partial adjustments to gain levels associated with certain amplifiers can be controlled and performed in accordance with an amplifier gain adjustment sequence. In response to determining that an overall gain level associated with a group of amplifiers, comprising first, second, and third amplifiers, is to be reduced, AGC component can determine wheth...