ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,914, issued on June 10, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Antenna module and communication device equipped with same" was invented by Yoshiki Yamada (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Ryo Komura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate including a plurality of laminated dielectric layers, a radiating element, a ground electrode, and a peripheral electrode. The ground electrode opposes the radiating element. The peripheral electrode is on a layer between the radiating element and the ground electrode and electrically connected to the ground electrode. Th...