ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,425, issued on April 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Radio-frequency module and communication apparatus" was invented by Takanori Uejima (Kyoto, Japan), Yuji Takematsu (Kyoto, Japan), Yukiya Yamaguchi (Kyoto, Japan), Shunji Yoshimi (Kyoto, Japan), Satoshi Arayashiki (Kyoto, Japan), Mitsunori Samata (Kyoto, Japan), Satoshi Goto (Kyoto, Japan), Yutaka Sasaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Masayuki Aoike (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes a first base made of a first semiconductor material; a second base that is made of a second semiconductor material having a thermal con...