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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Mark Prentice, Wylie, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348469 ; 349 99 ; 370212 ; 370537 ; 341 53 ; 375238 ;
Abstract
A system for encoding control data onto a clock signal includes at least one clock cycle in the clock signal; a first transition in the at least one clock cycle, the first transition is from a first voltage level to a second voltage level, the first transition is in a first location in the at least one clock cycle; a second transition in the at least one clock cycle, the second transition is from the second voltage level to the first voltage level, the second transition has a variable location in the clock cycle; and an encoder circuit for positioning the second transition in the variable location in response to the control data.