ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,538, issued on March 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Radio-frequency module and communication apparatus" was invented by Kenji Tahara (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yoshiaki Sukemori (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kae Yamamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Ryo Wakabayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate, a carrier amplifier and a peak amplifier, a transformer, and a phase adjustment circuit. The carrier amplifier and the peak amplifier are included in a semiconductor IC. One end of an input-side coil is connected to an output terminal of the carrier...