ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,496, issued on June 24, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Radio-frequency module" was invented by Takashi Iwamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takeshi Inao (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate, an inductor, and an acoustic wave filter. The inductor overlaps at least a portion of the acoustic wave filter when seen in a plan view from the normal direction of the module substrate. The inductor includes first and second coils connected in series. Each of the first and second coils is a spiral or helical coil that is wound with more than one turn. At...