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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. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E Grimes, Stanardsville, VA (US);
Daniel W Sexton, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375220 ; 375355 ; 713400 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a communication unit for exchanging data. More specifically, the unit includes an initiator and a responder that exchange data with a single time base. In one embodiment, the initiator generates a time base output signal that is used for determining a multiple of the rate at which data will be transferred to the responder. When data is received from the responder, the time base signal is used to over-sample the data to determine the point at which the data from the responder is valid.