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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Kenneth R. Cioffi, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Simoneau, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Didier Lacroix, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Wan-thai Hsu, Saline, MI (US);
Kenneth R. Cioffi, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Simoneau, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Didier Lacroix, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Wan-Thai Hsu, Saline, MI (US);
Discera, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a timing device that includes a resonator device to generate a resonator output signal at a frequency offset from a desired frequency, a counter configured to generate an extraction signal in accordance with the frequency offset, and a timing signal generator configured to track time with a count based on the resonator output signal and modified by the extraction signal downward to reach the desired frequency.