ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,249, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS (Grenoble, France) and STMicroelectronics France (Montrouge, France).

"Device comprising a synchronization circuit for performing near field communication" was invented by Gregoire Montjaux (Claix, France) and Marc Houdebine (Crolles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is configured to receive a first carrier signal, and deliver a second carrier signal, and has a phase-locked loop including a first domain including an oscillator configured to generate a signal at a given frequency, and a circuit configured to generate information representative of...