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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Steven John Woloschek, Waukesha, WI (US);
Nathanael Dale Huffman, Waukesha, WI (US);
Brian Breuer, Waukesha, WI (US);
Eric Aasen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/566 (2013.01); G06F 1/04 (2013.01); H04J 3/0658 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for synchronizing a plurality of components that are networked via a plurality of high speed switches, the method includes frequency-locking to a master clock component clocks of the plurality of components, and synchronizing to a master counter, driven by the master clock, component counters of the plurality of components, so that the frequency-locked component clocks drive the component counters in synchrony with the master counter.