ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,580, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Selectively coupled power splitter" was invented by Anoop Sheokand (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Emre Ayranci (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for enhancing performance of a power splitter are presented. According to one aspect, the power splitter is realized via lumped elements that include inductively coupled coils. Values of the lumped elements are based on an equivalent circuit of the power splitter that includes a star topology provided by a mutual inductance connected to a first port of the power splitte...