ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,545, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Variable-rate true-time delay filter" was invented by Gregory N. Kiesel (Marietta, Ga.) and Charles R. Gibson (Tucker, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for a variable-rate true-time delay (VR-TTD) decimator for receiving an input data signal and providing an output decimated signal. The VR-TTD decimator may comprise: a VR-TTD decimator input for receiving the input data signal; and a VR-TTD decimator output for outputting the output decimated signal; a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) for receiving a time delay...