ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,145, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Apparatus comprising delay lines formed on a first metal layer via connected to delay lines formed on a second metal layer in a particular arrangement" was invented by Karthikeyan Gunasekaran (Bangalore, India), Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bangalore, India), Raviprasad Kuloor (Bangalore, India), Sharanaprasad Melkundi (Bangalore, India), Yokesh Pari (Bangalore, India) and Eeshan Miglani (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example apparatus includes: a first metal layer including: a first delay line having a surface area; and a second metal layer i...