US Patent Issued to Super Micro Computer on July 1 for "Printed circuit boards with integrated inductors and antennas" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,281, issued on July 1, was assigned to Super Micro Computer Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Printed circuit boards with integrated inductors and antennas" was invented by Manhtien V. Phan (Morgan Hill, Calif.) and Chih-Hao Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board (PCB) has electronic components of an electrical circuit mounted thereon. The PCB includes a wire that is coiled through the PCB one or more turns to form a coil of an inductor or an antenna that is integrated with the PCB. The PCB can include a cutout for accepting an inductor core. The shape and/or size of the inductor core can be varied to a...