ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,885, issued on June 17, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Biasing of cascode power amplifiers for multiple operating modes" was invented by Bang Li Liang (Ottawa), Guillaume Alexandre Blin (Carlisle, Mass.) and Thomas Obkircher (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bias schemes for cascode power amplifiers are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a power amplifier system includes a cascode power amplifier biased by a first cascode bias voltage and that amplifies a radio frequency input signal. The power amplifier system further includes a bias voltage generation circuit including a first switch, a f...