ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,546, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Skyworks Global Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Crossbar switch for coarse phase shifting" was invented by Stephen Joseph Kovacic (Newport Beach, Calif.), David Richard Pehlke (Westlake Village, Calif.), Grant Darcy Poulin (Carp, Canada), Joshua James Caron (Summerfield, N.C.), Bo Pan (Irvine, Calif.) and Kwang Jae Shin (Yongin, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Crossbar switches for coarse phase shifting are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a mobile device includes an antenna array including a plurality of antennas. The mobile device further includes a front end system coupled to the antenn...