ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,134, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Interface functional block and design method thereof" was invented by Beomwoo Lee (Suwon si, South Korea), Donghyon Kang (Suwon si, South Korea), Mikyung Kim (Suwon si, South Korea) and Cheonsu Lee (Suwon si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface functional block includes first and second data I/O circuits arranged sequentially along a first axis, a strobe signal I/O circuit disposed at a left side of the first axis from the first data I/O circuit, a clock generator circuit disposed at a right side of the first axis from t...