ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,221, issued on May 12, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Power supply system, radio frequency system, communication device, and tracker module" was invented by Sho Okamoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Muneharu Kato (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kouji Yamaguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system is provided that includes a first board, a tracker module disposed at the first board, and a power inductor disposed at the first board. The tracker module includes a second board and at least one IC chip disposed at the second board. The at least one IC chip includes at least one switch ...