ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,402, issued on June 30, was assigned to MONTAGE ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Digital phase interpolator" was invented by Pingshun Ma (Shanghai) and Bo Qu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital phase interpolator includes: first and second phase interpolating units, first and second auxiliary interpolating units, and a buffer unit. The first auxiliary interpolating unit is connected with the first phase interpolating unit between a first input signal and an input end of the buffer unit. The second auxiliary interpolating unit is connected with the second phase interpolating unit between a second input signa...