ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,336, issued on May 13, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).
"Low power phase detector" was invented by Bouchaib Cherif (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), Max Earl Nielsen (Riverton, Utah) and Robert John March III (Bel Air, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Phase detectors are provided. In one example, The phase detector may include a first transistor leg and a second transistor leg. Each of the first transistor leg and the second transistor leg may include a pair of transistors coupled together at a plurality of common nodes. The phase detector may include an input at the first transistor leg. The input may be...