ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,901, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Waveguide converter" was invented by Yohsuke Takeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of pairs of ground vias which are arranged, in a planar view, facing each other on opposite sides of the slit may include, in a direction that the slit extends in a planar view from a center of the second opening, at least one pair of first ground vias, which are positioned within a first distance range, and at least one pair of second ground vias, which are positioned within a second distance range. A minimum distance between via-walls of the at least o...