ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,272, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Inductor device" was invented by Hsiao-Tsung Yen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor device includes a first trace, a second trace, a first connection member, and a second connection member. The first trace includes a first sub-trace and a second sub-trace. The second sub-trace is disposed adjacent to the first sub-trace directly. The second trace includes a third sub-trace. The third sub-trace is disposed adjacent to the second sub-trace directly. The first connection member is configured to couple to the first sub-trace...