ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,923, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Lam Research Corp. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Selected reject band non-radiofrequency-coupling tile and associated methods and systems" was invented by Sunil Kapoor (Vancouver, Wash.), Eric Madsen (Sherwood, Ore.) and Dan Marohl (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selected reject band non-RF-coupling tile includes a ground plate disposed on a first side of a printed circuit board. The selected reject band non-RF-coupling tile also includes a planar inductor disposed on a second side of the printed circuit board. The selected reject band non-RF-coupling tile also includes a conductive vi...