ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,920, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Apparatus and methods for power amplifier signal limiting" was invented by Philip John Lehtola (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for power amplifier signal limiting are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a front-end system includes a low noise amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency receive signal during a receive frame, a power amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency transmit signal during a transmit frame, and a signal limiter operable to limit a signal power of the power amplifier in an attenuating mode. ...