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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Colin Johnstone, Fife, GB;
Eric Breakenridge, Alloa, GB;
Inventors:
Colin Johnstone, Fife, GB;
Eric Breakenridge, Alloa, GB;
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting leading pulse edges of a signal includes a controller, hysteresis threshold comparators and qualification timers. The controller uses the outputs from the timers in order to determine whether or not a transition of the input signal constitutes a leading pulse edge of the input signal.