ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,495, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Communication device and communication system" was invented by Junya Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan), Satoshi Ota (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshihisa Hyakudai (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communication devices and systems are disclosed. In one example, a communication device includes a LINK that performs protocol conversion of a signal from a Master and outputs the converted signal to a Slave SerDes, and of a signal from the Slave SerDes and outputs the converted signal to the Master. The LINK alternatively selects a first mode and a se...