Time stamp generation

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Abstract

A circuit and method for providing a digital output indicative of the time at which an event occurred is disclosed. In one aspect, the circuit includes a fine timing circuit configured to determine in which sub-interval of a clock period the event occurred, and a correction circuit configured to correct an erroneous offset between a first and second clock signals in the fine timing circuit. The correction circuit includes a synch circuit configured to determine in which half of the clock period the event occurred so as to correct for erroneous offset in the fine timing circuit.

Classe Tecnologica

H - Electricity

Patent Office

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Numero Deposito

US8314726

Anno Deposito

2010

Anno Concessione

2011

Inventori Pugliesi

  • Cannillo Francesco

Tutti gli inventori

  • Francesco Cannillo
  • Patrick Merken
  • Munir Abdalla Mohamed
  • Osman Allam

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