ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,593, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Power detector device and method of calibrating detection power range" was invented by Chien-I Chou (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ling Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power detector device includes a power detector circuit, a filter circuit, and a calibration circuitry. The power detector circuit is configured to detect a first signal to generate a second signal. The filter circuit is configured to filter the second signal to generate a third signal. The calibration circuitry is configured to determine first signal strength information...