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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sarit Zur, Petah-Tikva, IL;
Igal Kushnir, Hod-Hasharon, IL;
Gil Horovitz, Emek-Hef, IL;
Rotem Banin, Even-Yehuda, IL;
Sergey Bershansky, Netanya, IL;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 23/02 (2006.01); G04F 10/00 (2006.01); G04F 10/06 (2006.01); H03L 7/187 (2006.01); H03L 7/197 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 23/02 (2013.01); G04F 10/005 (2013.01); G04F 10/06 (2013.01); H03L 7/187 (2013.01); H03L 7/197 (2013.01);
Abstract
A frequency estimator for estimating a frequency, including a counter configured to count an integer number of full clock cycles during a measurement time window; a Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) configured to measure a fraction of a clock cycle during the measurement time window; and a processor configured to determine the estimated frequency based on the counted number of full clock cycles and the measured fraction of the clock cycle.