ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,531, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Circuit module" was invented by Taro Higuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshihiro Imanishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit module includes a wiring board, first and second lines, a first inductor, and a sheet-like first conductor. The first line is on the wiring board, for transmitting a signal to a first circuit, outside the wiring board, and a power supply voltage for supplying power to the first circuit. The second line is on the wiring board side by side with the first line, for transmitting a signal to a second circ...