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Harmonic detector system and method

US7512202B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2004
Grant dateMar 31, 2009
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L7/033
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A harmonic detector including a pattern detector circuit responsive to a clock signal and a data signal configured to detect a target bit pattern from said data signal, and a time-out circuit responsive to said pattern detector circuit configured to detect the absence of said target bit pattern during a predetermined time-out parameter for indicating when said clock signal exceeds said data signal by a factor of two or more.

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