ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,175, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Transformer for low loss and apparatus including the same" was invented by Kihyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinhyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunchul Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). A transformer is provided. The transformer includes a first primary inductor, a s...