ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,331, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (GRAND OUEST) SAS (Le Mans, France).

"Method for demodulating a RF signal in the presence of inband harmonic spurs" was invented by Didier Harnay (Cesson Sevigne, France) and Francois Sittler (Thorigne-Fouillard, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for demodulating a radio frequency (RF) signal comprising the steps of determining the nearest harmonic of a clock signal from a central frequency (Frx) of a received frequency band; and, if said nearest harmonic is in said frequency band, setting an intermediate frequency (IF) of a Near...