US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Dec. 9 for "Directional coupler, high-frequency module, and communication device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,761, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Directional coupler, high-frequency module, and communication device" was invented by Yuuta Miyazaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Katsuya Shimizu (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional coupler includes a main line, a sub-line, an output terminal, a first termination circuit, and a termination switch. The sub-line includes a first end and a second end. The output terminal is connected to one end of the first end and the second end. The first termination circuit connects a first output path, which connects the one end and the output terminal,...