US Patent Issued to Skyworks Solutions on Aug. 5 for "Bidirectional variable gain amplifiers for radio frequency communication systems" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,528, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Bidirectional variable gain amplifiers for radio frequency communication systems" was invented by John Jackson Nisbet (Ottawa) and Hamed Golestaneh (Stittsville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bidirectional variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) for radio frequency (RF) communication systems are provided. In certain embodiments, a bidirectional VGA includes a first amplifier having an input coupled to a transmit/receive port, a second amplifier having an output coupled to a transmit port, a third amplifier having an input coupled to a receive port, a fou...