ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,243, issued on June 17, was assigned to REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Inductor device" was invented by Hsiao-Tsung Yen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ting-Yao Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ka-Un Chan (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor device includes a first trace, a second trace, and at least one connection member. The first trace is disposed on a first area. The second trace is disposed on a second area. The first area and the second area are coupled to each other at a junction. The at least connection member is disposed at a block at which the first trace and the second trace are not disposed and which...