ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,383, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.) and The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada).

"Semiconductor system with waveguide assembly with RF signal impedance controllable by applied electromagnetic radiation" was invented by Thomas R. Jones (Edmonton, Canada), Dimitrios Peroulis (West Lafayette, Ind.), Alden N. Fisher (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Douglas W Barlage (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waveguide assembly integrated with a semiconductor wafer is provided. The waveguide assembly includes a waveguide channel defined by internal walls of th...