ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,395, issued on May 6, was assigned to Qorvo US Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Multi-mode antenna tuner circuit and related apparatus" was invented by Eric K. Bolton (Kernersville, N.C.) and Daniel Charles Kerr (Oak Ridge, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-mode antenna tuner circuit and related apparatus are provided. The multi-mode antenna tuner circuit can be configured to operate in a low-current mode or a high-power mode. When operating in the high-power mode, the multi-mode antenna tuner circuit can provide full-fledged functionalities and consume a higher amount of current. In contrast, in the low-current mode, the multi-mo...