US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Nov. 11 for "Fractional frequency synthesizer utilizing multi-phase divider circuitry" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,225, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Fractional frequency synthesizer utilizing multi-phase divider circuitry" was invented by Lionel Cimaz (Pleumeleuc, France) and Denis Michael Flores Pazos (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fractional frequency synthesizer, a fractional PLL, and a method for generating a fractional frequency signal based on a reference signal are provided. An example fractional frequency synthesizer includes a multi-phase clock generator configured to generate a clock vector comprising a plurality of clock signals, each oscillating according to a ...