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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:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Patrick A. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Que Thuy Tran, Beaverton, OR (US);
John C. Delacy, Portland, OR (US);
Daniel G. Knierim, Beaverton, OR (US);
David L. Kelly, Portland, OR (US);
John C. Calvin, Portland, OR (US);
Patrick A. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Que Thuy Tran, Beaverton, OR (US);
John C. Delacy, Portland, OR (US);
Daniel G. Knierim, Beaverton, OR (US);
David L. Kelly, Portland, OR (US);
John C. Calvin, Portland, OR (US);
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An advanced trigger circuit includes two trigger decoders, each triggering on one of respective pluralities of continuous-time trigger events. In one embodiment, a programmable timer begins timing in response to an output signal of the first trigger decoder and generates an end-of-time signal at the expiration of its time period. A reset circuit resets the first trigger decoder if the second selected continuous-time trigger event failed to occur before the end-of-time signal was generated. In another embodiment, a reset decoder generates a reset signal in response to an occurrence of a selected continuous-time trigger event. The reset circuit is responsive to the reset signal for resetting the first trigger decoder if the second selected continuous-time trigger event failed to occur before the reset signal was generated. In other embodiments, the advanced trigger circuit triggers on a serial lane skew violation or on a beacon width violation.