US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on April 22 for "Variable circuit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,409, issued on April 22, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Variable circuit" was invented by Katsuya Ikegami (Kyoto, Japan) and Wataru Takahashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable circuit includes a switch including a plurality of input terminals and a plurality of output terminals and an external wiring line. The multiple input terminals include a first input terminal to which a first input signal is inputted and a second input terminal to which a second input signal is inputted. The multiple output terminals include a first output terminal from which a first output signal is outputte...