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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2007
Yaser M. Ibrahim, Richardson, TX (US);
Joseph Michael Erickson, Frisco, TX (US);
Alon Paycher, Beith-Hananva, IL;
Jin-meng Ho, Plano, TX (US);
Yaser M. Ibrahim, Richardson, TX (US);
Joseph Michael Erickson, Frisco, TX (US);
Alon Paycher, Beith-Hananva, IL;
Jin-Meng Ho, Plano, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention includes a system for managing timing functions associating with at least one timing protocol. The system comprises a controller configured to implement a plurality of functions at each of a respective plurality of scheduled times. The system also comprises a time protocol converter configured to convert each of the plurality of scheduled times to a respective plurality of time values associated with a master timing protocol. The system further comprises a master timer controller configured to generate a plurality of control signals associated with the plurality of functions based on an accumulated value of a master timer associated with the master timing protocol relative to the plurality of time values.