ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,090, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Radio-frequency module and communication device" was invented by Tetsuro Harada (Kyoto, Japan), Dai Nakagawa (Kyoto, Japan), Yuji Takematsu (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroaki Takaoka (Kyoto, Japan) and Takahisa Toyomura (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detection accuracy is improved with a reduced size. A radio-frequency module includes an antenna terminal, a signal input terminal, a signal output terminal, a mounting substrate, a chip inductor, and a directional coupler. The mounting substrate has a first major surface and a second major surface ...