ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,047, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Track plan to improve clock skew" was invented by Derek Carson (San Jose, Calif.), Anantha Kumar Nivarti (Fremont, Calif.) and Timothy Fischer (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Track plans to improve clock skew arc disclosed. In one aspect, a node array includes a plurality of nodes with clock distribution circuitry configured to distribute a clock signal to each of the nodes. The clock signal propagates in at least a first direction between adjacent nodes. The node (202) further includes a track plan comprising a plurality of wires to carry communication signa...