ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,394, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Receiver with flexible link synchronization" was invented by Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Bengaluru, India), Kandalla Krishna (Bengaluru, India), Aravind Vijayakumar (Bengaluru, India) and Goutham Ramesh (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiver includes: a PHY layer, and a processor coupled to the PHY layer. The processor is configured to: receive a set of data bits from the PHY layer; compare the set of data bits to a sync header pattern; determine a mismatch metric responsive to the comparison and to an adjustable scaling factor, and execute l...