ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,430, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).
"Lock-up latch for dual-edge-triggered flip-flops" was invented by Yimai Peng (Cary, N.C.), Robert Joseph Vachon (Zebulon, N.C.), Daniel Yingling (Apex, N.C.) and Keith Alan Bowman (Morrisville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including: a first flip-flop including a scan input configured to receive a scan signal, a clock input configured to receive a first clock signal of a first clock domain; a latch including an input coupled to an output of the first flip-flop, a clock input configured to receive a control signal; and a second flip-flop including a...