ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,261, issued on July 14, was assigned to TTM Technologies Inc. (Santa Ana, Calif.).

"Folded circulator device with coupling elements and flex connections for interconnects and methods of fabricating the circulator device" was invented by Omar Eldaiki (New York) and Niels Husted Kirkeby (Jamesville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a top ferrite layer and a bottom ferrite layer. The device also includes a first circuit stack between the top ferrite layer and the bottom ferrite layer. The first circuit stack includes a first dielectric layer and a circulator circuit including a first circuit portion on a first side ...