US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on March 24 for "High-frequency electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,142, issued on March 24, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"High-frequency electronic component" was invented by Hirofumi Oie (Kyoto, Japan) and Ikuo Deguchi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-frequency electronic component includes a ceramic multilayer substrate, ground electrodes provided at different layers of the ceramic multilayer substrate, and a shielding film covering at least a side surface among surfaces of the ceramic multilayer substrate. Two or more of the ground electrodes are exposed to the side surface of the ceramic multilayer substrate but do not protrude from this side ...