US Patent Issued to KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES on July 1 for "Continuous phase maintenance for switched frequencies using phase accumulators" (American, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,229, issued on July 1, was assigned to KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Continuous phase maintenance for switched frequencies using phase accumulators" was invented by Marc Almendros (Barcelona, Spain), Gidget A. Heintz (Fort Collins, Colo.) and John H. Guilford (Stanwood, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated phase accumulator apparatus includes a first phase accumulator, a second phase accumulator, and a switch. The first phase accumulator is configured to accumulate a first phase increment over time and provide a first accumulated phase value for signal generation via a local oscillator at a first freq...