ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,503, issued on July 8, was assigned to NXP USA Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Calibration apparatus for a communication system" was invented by Guillaume Mouret (Portet-sur-Garonne, France), Yann Cargouet (Portet sur Garonne, France) and Tristan Bosvieux (Plaisance du Touch, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibration apparatus for a communication system. The calibration apparatus is configured to: a) set a variable termination-resistance at a receiver to a predetermined value; b) cause a transmitter to send a calibration pattern to the receiver by: setting the differential voltage on the line to a non-zero value during a non-zero-pha...