ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,848, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Phase-locked loop device and operation method thereof" was invented by Jusung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonsik Yu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngwoo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Wooseok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase-locked loop device and its operating method are provided. The phase-locked loop device includes a voltage controlled oscillator configured to generate an output clock signal, a divider configured to divide the output clock signal into first and second phase division signals having a constan...