ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,668, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Antenna module and communication device equipped with the same" was invented by Yoshiki Yamada (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuri Yamakawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes substrates with different normal directions from each other, a radiating element disposed on the substrate, a radiating element disposed on the substrate, a hybrid coupler, and an RFIC. The hybrid coupler includes input terminals (IN1, IN2), and output terminals (OUT1, OUT2). The RFIC is connected to the input terminals (IN1, IN2) and ...