US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on March 17 for "Radio-frequency module and communication device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,532, issued on March 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Radio-frequency module and communication device" was invented by Hiromichi Kitajima (Kyoto, Japan), Takanori Uejima (Kyoto, Japan) and Rui Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio-frequency module includes a first inductor and a second inductor disposed on or above a major surface of a module substrate, a resin member, a metal shield layer covering a surface of the resin member, and a metal shield plate disposed on the major surface between the first inductor and the second inductor. The metal shield plate is in contact with a ...