ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,488, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Systems and methods for asynchronous finite machines" was invented by Domenico Tripodi (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including an asynchronous finite state machine that transitions from a first state to a second state in response to receiving a virtual-clock event signal. The system further includes a trigger circuit that asserts a trigger signal when a first-state asynchronous event signal is asserted while the asynchronous finite state machine is in the first state. The system further including a virtual clock-pulse circuit co...