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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Declan M. Dalton, Dooradoyle, IE;
Lawrence M. Devito, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Mark Ferriss, Rochestown, IE;
Paul J. Murray, Raheen, IE;
Inventors:
Declan M. Dalton, Dooradoyle, IE;
Lawrence M. DeVito, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Mark Ferriss, Rochestown, IE;
Paul J. Murray, Raheen, IE;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A harmonic detector including a pattern detector circuit responsive to a clock signal and a data signal configured to detect a target bit pattern from said data signal, and a time-out circuit responsive to said pattern detector circuit configured to detect the absence of said target bit pattern during a predetermined time-out parameter for indicating when said clock signal exceeds said data signal by a factor of two or more.