US Patent Issued to Renesas Electronics America on Feb. 17 for "Active phase monitor for clock switchover" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,187, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Renesas Electronics America Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Active phase monitor for clock switchover" was invented by Greg Anton Armstrong (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for synchronizing networks are described. A phase monitor circuit can determine at least one phase offset among a plurality of reference clock signals. A timing circuit can generate an output clock signal using a primary reference clock. The primary reference clock can be among the plurality of reference clock signals. The timing circuit can determine failure of the primary reference clock. The timing cir...