Invention Application
- Patent Title: Device for the regeneration of a clock signal
- Patent Title (中): 用于再生时钟信号的装置
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Application No.: US09771364Application Date: 2001-01-26
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Publication No.: US20010020857A1Publication Date: 2001-09-13
- Inventor: Alexandre Malherbe , Fabrice Marinet , Alain Pomet
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Applicant Address: FR Gentilly
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Gentilly
- Priority: FR0001061 20000127
- Main IPC: H03K005/01
- IPC: H03K005/01

Abstract:
A device for the regeneration of a clock signal from an external serial bus includes a ring oscillator and counter. The ring oscillator provides n phases of a clock signal. Of these n phases, one phase is used as a reference and is applied to the counter. It is thus possible to count the number of entire reference clock signal periods between a first pulse and a second pulse received from the bus. In reading the state of the phases in the oscillator upon reception of the second pulse, a determination is made for a current phase corresponding to the phase delay between the reference clock signal and the second pulse of the bus. By using a regeneration device that also includes a ring oscillator and a counter, it is possible to regenerate the clock signal of the bus with high precision.
Public/Granted literature
- US06362671B1 Device for the regeneration of a clock signal Public/Granted day:2002-03-26
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