ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,613, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Inductor device" was invented by Hsiao-Tsung Yen (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Hung-Han Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductor device includes a first trace, a second trace, and a capacitor. The first trace includes at least two sub-traces and a first crossing connection portion. One terminal of the at least two sub-traces is coupled to a first node. The first crossing connection portion is coupled between the at least two sub-traces of the first trace in an interlaced manner. The second trace includes at least two sub-traces. ...