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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Miller, Sheffrord, GB;
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 ;
Abstract
A synchronization arrangement for a distributed microcontroller network has a number of distributed microcontrollers each having an internal clock frequency. Each microcontroller transmits data signals via the network. A frequency correction arrangement of each microcontroller is arranged adjust the internal clock frequency, in dependence upon a phase difference between the internal clock frequency and the logic level transitions of the data signals received via the network, such that the clock frequencies of the microcontrollers become phase-synchronized over time.