Texas Instruments Corporation

Rich A Rochelle

Khodor S Elnashar

Stephen R Tomassetti

Alan T Wetzel

A reference time signal generation system 10 is provided which comprises a phase lock loop circuit 12 which generates a reference voltage V.sub.m. The phase lock loop circuit 12 comprises first and second divider circuits 14 and 18 coupled to the input of a phase comparator 16. The output of the phase comparator 16 is coupled to a loop filter 20 which generates a DC representation of the phase differential of the inputs of the phase comparator 16. The output of the loop filter 20 is input into a bias generator 26. The output of the bias generator 26 is coupled to the input of a voltage controlled oscillator 28 which has its output coupled to the input of second divider circuit 18. The reference voltage signal V.sub.m is taken from the output of the bias generator 26 and is transmitted to remote timing elements 32, 34 and 36 where it may be used to create reference timing signals which will accurately track the reference clock signal input into phase lock loop circuit 12.

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Rich A Rochelle