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Non-retriggerable one-shot circuit

US5331208A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1992
Grant dateJul 19, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K3/0232
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A non-retriggerable one-shot circuit for extracting information representative of a clock having a period T from a sequence of input pulses such that the interval between two consecutive input pulses is either T or T/2 comprises a frequency detector for developing a reference voltage dependent on T, an interval measurement circuit connected to receive the input pulses and developing a voltage dependent on the time that has elapsed since receiving an input pulse, a comparator for comparing the voltage developed by the interval measurement circuit with the reference voltage and providing an output pulse when a predetermined relationship exists therebetween, and an enabling device connected between the input terminal and the interval measurement circuit and responsive to an output pulse for allowing a pulse received at the input terminal to be communicated to the interval measurement circuit.

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