ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,196, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NXP USA INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Multiple-mode RF power amplifiers" was invented by Frederik Vanaverbeke (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Roy McLaren (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple-mode RF power amplifier includes two power amplifiers, output combiner circuitry, and a switchable impedance circuit. The power amplifiers receive first and second input RF signals and produce first and second amplified RF signals. The output combiner circuitry combines the amplified RF signals to produce a combined amplified RF signal. The switchable impedance circuit has an input terminal coupled to an...