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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Tom Heller, Karmiel, IL;
Danny Elad, Kibutz Matzuva, IL;
Oded Katz, Ganei-Tikva, IL;
Michael Grubman, Kiryat Atta, IL;
Benny Sheinman, Haifa, IL;
Dan Corcos, Tel Aviv, IL;
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
An array of one or more integrated circuits includes at least one local input port to receive a chirp signal from a local generator; one or more primary input ports to each receive a respective chirp signal from a remote source; a primary switch arrangement operable to switch between the chirp signals from the at least one local input port and the one or more primary input ports to produce a composite signal having a chirp sequence with at least one chirp that begins during a settling period of a previous chirp; and one or more primary output ports to supply a local oscillator signal to a transmitter and a receiver based on the composite signal. The roles of master circuit and follower circuit can change during operation of the array.