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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2007
Colin Cramm, Kanata, CA;
Shawn Scouten, Ottawa, CA;
Kenji Suzuki, Kanata, CA;
Brian Wall, Stittsville, CA;
Malcolm Stevens, North Gower, CA;
Colin Cramm, Kanata, CA;
Shawn Scouten, Ottawa, CA;
Kenji Suzuki, Kanata, CA;
Brian Wall, Stittsville, CA;
Malcolm Stevens, North Gower, CA;
Cortina SyStems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Signal timing phase selection and timing acquisition apparatus and techniques are disclosed. A timing phase that is most closely aligned with a phase of information carried by a received signal is selected from a plurality of timing phases. The selected timing phase may be used, for example, as a reference signal for a phase detector in a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL). The received signal may be sampled one or more times per timing phase. In a multiple-sample implementation, the samples may be used for timing phase selection, for detection of a known initial pattern of a burst of information to thereby detect the start time of a an information burst, or both.