Stmicroelectronics S.a.

Paul Kinowski

Ludovic Ruat

Alexander Czajor

An asynchronous frame receiver includes an input for receiving an asynchronous frame comprising a break character, which includes a determined number of bits having a same value. A hot-plugging circuit for connecting to an asynchronous data bus that is operating by detecting the break character, and leaving an initial idle state and switching to at least one operating mode when the break character has been detected.

Hot synchronization device of an asynchronous frame receiver

An asynchronous data transmission device includes a data reception terminal receiving data clocked by a sampling signal in synchronization with a local clock signal. A register is connected to the data reception terminal for receiving the data. A clock deviation measuring circuit is connected to the register for determining a number M of periods of the sampling signal appearing during K periods of a synchronization signal received on the data reception terminal, and for comparing the number M to a tolerance margin defined by a lower threshold and an upper threshold.

Device for transmitting asynchronous data having clock deviation control

An integrated circuit having a clock calibration device receiving a local clock signal from an oscillator and applying a correction value to the signal to produce a corrected clock signal. The clock calibration device includes a frequency dividing module having a programmable divider and a calibration register for storing the correction value, the programmable divider receiving the local clock signal and delivering the corrected clock signal, and a circuit for determining a new correction value using an external reference signal. A time base unit produces a time base signal using a timing signal derived from the local clock signal, and it includes a counting module coupled to a load register wherein a load value is stored that determines the ratio between the frequency of the time base signal and that of the timing signal. An external computing unit loads a new load value into the load register by using the new correction value stored in the calibration register to deduce the new load value therefrom.

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Paul Kinowski