ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,228, issued on May 20, was assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore).
"Digital droop detector" was invented by Ernest Knoll (Tirat Carmel, Israel) and Omer Yassur (Yokneam, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit detects a voltage droop exhibited by a power supply. A first signal delay line outputs a first delayed signal. A second delay line outputs a second delayed signal. A phase detector compares the first and second delayed signals and outputs a comparison signal indicating which of the first and second signal delay lines exhibits a shorter delay. A reset circuit resets the first and second signal delay lines in respon...