Self-framing serial trigger for an oscilloscope or the like
US6026350A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R13/32
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A self-framing serial trigger within an oscilloscope or specialized analyzer construes an absence of the data's clock signal for at least a selected length of time as implying the occurrence of a framing signal. This frees the serial trigger from otherwise needing an externally supplied framing signal. The serial trigger may include a shift register containing the most recent N-bits of the data, which is then bit-wise compared to the trigger pattern (stored in a register). This level of comparison may provide for don't care bits in the trigger pattern. The results of this bit-wise comparison are then inspected for a certain uniformity indicating that the trigger pattern has been matched. An additional circuit may count clock signals since the last implied framing pulse. If this additional count has not yet reached M (or counted down from M to zero) the match is premature, and no trigger signal is generated. The implied framing signal itself may be generated by loading a down counter with a preselected value each time a selected edge occurs in the clock for the data. The down counter is clocked by a high speed clock running several times faster than the clock for the data. If the do…
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