ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,390, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Fault tolerant synchronizer" was invented by Denis Roland Beaudoin (Rowlett, Texas) and Samuel Paul Visalli (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synchronization circuit includes a first synchronizer having a first data input, a first clock input, and first output; a second synchronizer having a second data input, a second clock input, and a second output; selection circuitry having first, second, third and fourth inputs, and a synchronized data output, the first and second inputs coupled to the first and second outputs, respectively; and storage circu...