ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,492, issued on June 24, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with busbar side edges that form angles with a perimeter of the cavity" was invented by Wei Yang (Goleta, Calif.), Kuan Zhang (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Luke Myers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Andrew Kay (Provo, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic resonator has a piezoelectric plate attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm spanning a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) formed on the plate has int...