US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on July 14 for "Transient voltage absorption element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,875, issued on July 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Transient voltage absorption element" was invented by Tatsuya Ohara (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transient voltage absorption element is provided that includes a first path and a second path, the first path is a current path in which a surge current flows, and the second path is a current path in a frequency band of a signal that propagates through the signal line. The first path includes a series circuit including a diode including a depletion layer capacitance, a first inductor, and a first resistance component, and th...