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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2003
Applicants:

Omer F. Orberk, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ho-ming Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);

Chiu-tsun Chu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Gary Chang, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Omer F. Orberk, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ho-Ming Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);

Chiu-Tsun Chu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Gary Chang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention concerns a method for controlling the frequency of oscillation of a local clock signal comprising the steps of (A) generating the clock signal in response to a first control signal, (B) generating the first control signal in response to one of a plurality of adjustment signals selected in response to a second control signal and (C) generating the second control signal in response to a comparison between a local timestamp and an external timestamp.


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