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Auto-calibrated time base apparatus, systems, and methods

US7292109B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2005
Grant dateNov 6, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L1/027
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus, systems, methods, and articles may divide a frequency associated with an output of an oscillator formed in a semiconductor substrate using a programmable fractional-N divider module (PFNDM) coupled to the oscillator. A calibration module may be coupled to the PFNDM to select the division ratio to yield a first clock signal of an estimated frequency. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

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