Patent · US Expired

Circuit for generating pixel clock with fine phase control

US7009430B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by
8References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 5, 2004
Grant dateMar 7, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L2207/50
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit for generating a pixel clock for use in scanning a laser beam includes a high-frequency-clock generating circuit which generates a high-frequency clock having a higher frequency than the pixel clock, and a control circuit which generates the pixel clock while shifting a phase of the pixel clock by a shift step proportional to a clock cycle of the high-frequency clock in response to phase data indicative of timing and amounts of phase shifts.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.