ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,856, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).
"Surface mount radiofrequency component" was invented by Cory Nelson (Murrells Inlet, S.C.), Gheorghe Korony (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Jonathan Herr (Taylors, S.C.) and Marianne Berolini (Greer, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface mount component can include a monolithic substrate, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a DC bias terminal. Each terminal can be formed over the monolithic substrate. A conductive trace can be formed over a surface of the monolithic substrate included in a signal path between the input terminal and the ...