Method and apparatus for a self-synchronizing system
US7970090B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L7/033
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A self-synchronizing system that provides a master system component and a master clock source to provide a stable timing reference to the master system component. Timing information is then propagated throughout the system via encoded transmissions containing the timing information, or conversely, propagated by request via a training sequence. All system components other than the master system component do not require a separate clock input, since frequency coherency is maintained by internal time bases that have been calibrated to the frequency of the propagated timing information.
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