US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on March 4 for "Directional coupler, high-frequency module, and communication apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,050, issued on March 4, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Directional coupler, high-frequency module, and communication apparatus" was invented by Koji Furutani (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional coupler includes a main line, a first sub-line, a second sub-line, a termination circuit, a selector switch, and a short-circuiting switch. The termination circuit terminates at least one of the first sub-line and the second sub-line. The selector switch connects the first sub-line and the termination circuit in a first mode and connects the second sub-line and the termination circuit in a...