US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Jan. 20 for "Frequency offset of a clock signal" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,563, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Frequency offset of a clock signal" was invented by Cao-Thong Tu (Lausanne, Switzerland), David Cousinard (Morges, Switzerland), David Champion (Founex, Switzerland) and Matteo Contaldo (Chavannes-pres-Renens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device applies a frequency offset function to a first signal having a first frequency. The device includes a delay element configured to output a second signal corresponding to the first signal delayed by a duration equal to a first period of said signal divided by four. A circuit bra...