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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M Hess, Elgin, IL (US);
John J Janssen, Gumee, IL (US);
Michael W Houghton, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; H03B / ; H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 73 ; 331 74 ; 307271 ;
Abstract
The bidirectional clocking apparatus provides automatic sensing of whether a reference clock being generated by another circuit needs to be divided down to a lower frequency. If this is true, the clock is divided down to a lower frequency and sent out to other circuits requiring the lower frequency clock. If the lower frequency clock is already generated from another circuit, the apparatus accepts this clock for use by other circuits. Only one terminal is required for either sourcing or accepting this lower frequency clock signal.