ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,357, issued on July 21, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Synchronizer flip-flop circuit" was invented by Arnab Khawas (Bangalore, India), Gokul Sabada (Bangalore, India) and Badarish Subbannavar (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein relate to synchronizing signals across multiple independent clock domains. In an example, a synchronizer flip-flop circuit is provided. The synchronizer flip-flop circuit includes a first latch sub-circuit coupled to receive an input and a second latch sub-circuit coupled to the first latch sub-circuit. The first latch sub-circuit includes a first g...