US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on June 17 for "Clock selection in a clock distribution network" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,681, issued on June 17, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Clock selection in a clock distribution network" was invented by Scott Andrew Emery (Saratoga, Calif.) and James Paul Rivers (Capitola, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clock selection circuit allows seamless switching between different clock signals in a clock distribution network. The clock selection circuit can be an Integrated Circuit (IC). The clock signals can be analyzed by a processor in communication with the IC to ensure the clock signals are validated. Analysis can include comparing time stamps between received pulses of the clock signals t...