ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,391, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Communication interface with calibrating delay circuit" was invented by Shailesh Ganapat Ghotgalkar (Bangalore, India) and Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In described examples, a device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a control circuit. The transmitter transmits a clock signal, and the receiver receives a response signal. The control circuit is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The control circuit causes the transmitter to transmit a first clock signal with a first clock period, and to transmit a second...