ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,130, issued on June 3, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator with controlled conductor sidewall angles" was invented by Bryant Garcia (Burlingame, Calif.), Patrick Turner (San Bruno, Calif.), Robert Hammond (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Minefumi Ouchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Acoustic resonator devices and methods are disclosed. An acoustic resonator device includes a piezoelectric plate having opposed front and back surfaces. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate, the fir...