US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Oct. 28 for "Crystal oscillator power reduction mechanism" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,459, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Crystal oscillator power reduction mechanism" was invented by Ivo Leonardus Coenen (Coffrane, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Clock sources, apparatuses, and methods for operating crystal oscillators. The method includes determining a first time value indicating an amount of time needed to return a trimming value of the crystal oscillator to a predetermined value. The method also includes determining a second time value indicating an amount of time remaining until a clock signal with a predetermined frequency precision is ...