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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert G. Rundell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 ; H04L 7/00 ; H03D 3/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 ; H04L 7/00 ; H03D 3/24 ;
Abstract
A circuit comprising a first counter, a second counter, a third counter and a decoder, where the decoder may be configured to present a locked output signal. The first counter may present a first output signal in response to a start of frame signal and one or more control signals. The second counter may be configured to present a second output signal in response to the start of frame signal and the first output signal. The third counter may present a tracking control signal to the first counter in response to one or more of the control signals.