ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,397, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Clock generation apparatus, clock generation method, adjustment apparatus, adjustment method, and non-transitory computer readable medium" was invented by Takayuki Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a clock generation apparatus which generates an output clock signal, comprising: a first voltage-controlled oscillator which outputs the output clock signal; an AD converter which includes: a second voltage-controlled oscillator which outputs an internal clock signal phase-locked to the output clock signal in response to a digital temperat...