Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit having clock trim circuitry
- Patent Title (中): 具有时钟微调电路的集成电路
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Application No.: US11212702Application Date: 2005-08-29
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Publication No.: US07171323B2Publication Date: 2007-01-30
- Inventor: Gary Shipton , Simon Robert Walmsley
- Applicant: Gary Shipton , Simon Robert Walmsley
- Applicant Address: AU Balmain
- Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
- Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: AU Balmain
- Priority: AU2002953134 20021202; AU2002953135 20021202
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G11C8/18 ; G01R35/00

Abstract:
An integrated circuit is provided comprising a processor, an onboard system clock having a ring oscillator for generating a clock signal, a memory, and clock trim circuitry. The processor is arranged to, in response to receiving an external signal, determine the number of cycles of the clock signal during a predetermined number of cycles of the external signal or the number of cycles of the external signal during a predetermined number of cycles of the clock signal and to output the determined number of cycles to an external circuit. The processor is also arranged to, in response to receiving a trim value based on the determined number of cycles from the external circuit, store the trim value in the memory and control the clock trim circuitry to trim the frequency of the clock signal generated by the ring oscillator using the trim value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060052962A1 Integrated circuit having clock trim circuitry Public/Granted day:2006-03-09
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