ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,482, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TXC Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Oscillating device" was invented by Tun-Jen Hsiao (Ping Cheng, Taiwan), Chia-Yin Chen (Ping Cheng, Taiwan), Wan-Lin Hsieh (Ping Cheng, Taiwan) and Sheng-Hsiang Kao (Ping Cheng, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oscillating device is arranged in an environment having an ambient temperature. The oscillating device includes a heater, an oscillator, and a temperature-controlled circuit. The oscillator is configured to generate a first clock signal whose frequency is temperature-dependent on the ambient temperature. The temperature-controlled circuit is directly e...