ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,583, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Semtech Corp. (Camarillo, Calif.).
"Proximity sensor for RF control" was invented by Chaouki Rouaissia (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electronic component for adapting a pre-set matched impedance for an antenna. The electronic component comprises 1) a capacitance measurement circuit for measuring capacitance of a sensor, wherein the measured capacitance is indicative of a use case of the antenna, 2) a Radio Frequency (RF) switch configured for electrically connecting at least one selected impedance to an RF output, wherein the at least one sel...