ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,440, issued on July 22, was assigned to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Systems for and methods of clock frequency monitoring" was invented by Renfei Liu (Santa Margarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods relate a device for monitoring or tracking clock frequency. The device can include a first circuit configured to receive a reference clock signal and provide a first signal in response to a first number of cycles of the reference clock signal, and a second circuit configured to receive a sample clock signal and provide a second signal in response to the first signal. The second...