ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,266, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Wideband coupled input impedance matching LNA architecture" was invented by Emre Ayranci (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Mengsheng Rui (San Diego), Phanindra Yerramilli (San Diego), Jubaid Qayyum (San Diego), Vijay Katta (San Diego) and Miles Sanner (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuits and methods for a radio frequency amplifier, such as an LNA, that include a wideband coupled input impedance matching network. One embodiment includes a first inductor coupled between a first terminal and a first node, the first terminal couplable to a deg...