ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,597, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Amplifier circuit" was invented by Taichi Misawa (Osaka, Japan) and Keiji Tanaka (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amplifier circuit includes a first cascode transistor and a second cascade transistor, the first cascade transistor being electrically connected between a first transistor and a first load circuit, the second cascode transistor being electrically connected between a second transistor and a second load circuit. The amplifier circuit includes a first shunt transistor and a second shunt transistor, the first shunt transi...