ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,785, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Tracker module" was invented by Takeshi Kogure (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Tomohide Aramata (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Toshiki Matsui (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuuki Fukuda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracker module includes an integrated circuit, a first capacitor and a second capacitor arranged in or on a module laminate. The integrated circuit includes at least one switch in a switched-capacitor circuit and at least one switch in a supply modulator. The switched-capacitor circuit is configured to generate a plurality of discrete ...