ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,299, issued on March 4, was assigned to Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Signal synthesizer circuit, signal generator device, and signal synthesis method" was invented by Julius Seeger (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal synthesizer circuit includes a clock source, a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) circuit, signal paths, and an output. The clock source generates or receives a clock signal having a predefined frequency. The DDS circuit generates a DDS signal. A first signal path is connected to the DDS circuit to receive the DDS signal and includes a multiplier circuit that multiplies a frequency of the DDS signal...