ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,665, issued on July 8, was assigned to WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Data receiver design in DDR memory interfaces" was invented by Mohammad Reza Mahmoodi (Goleta, Calif.), Zahra Fahimi (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for reducing noise on an data signal at receiving devices. Systems and methods disclosed herein are suited for opening a data eye by reducing noise, such as inter-symbol interference. An example of the systems and methods disclosed herein include a first equalization circuit that receives ...