ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,842, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Digital phase locked loop and methods of operating same" was invented by Yongsun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaewoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myoungbo Kwak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinook Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junghwan Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital phase-locked loop (PLL) includes: (i) a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) configured to generate an oscillation signal having a frequency that is adjustable in response to a frequency control signal, (ii) a divider configured to generate ...