ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,423, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Transmission line and electronic device" was invented by Nobuo Ikemoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Noriaki Okuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kosuke Nishio (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masanori Okamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a transmission line, a signal conductor layer extends in a front-back direction orthogonal to an up-down direction. A ground conductor layer is above the signal conductor layer. When viewed in a first orthogonal direction, first hollow portions are arranged in the front-back direction in a first direction of the signa...