ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,056, issued on July 29, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators" was invented by Viktor Plesski (Gorgier, Switzerland), Bryant Garcia (Mississauga, Canada), Julius Koskela (Helsinki) and Patrick Turner (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal pi...