ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,199, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Frame delay time counting circuit and near field communication card including the same" was invented by Jicheol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A near field communication (NFC) card includes a frame delay time (FDT), wherein the FDT counting circuit includes a first comparator configured to compare the envelope voltage signal with a first reference voltage and output a first comparison output signal, a second comparator configured to compare the envelope voltage signal with a second reference voltage and output a s...