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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2008
Applicants:

Mingdeng Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ari Valero-lopez, Macungie, PA (US);

Weiwei Mao, Macungie, PA (US);

Inventors:

Mingdeng Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ari Valero-Lopez, Macungie, PA (US);

Weiwei Mao, Macungie, PA (US);

Assignee:

Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 27/02 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 7/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and circuits that provide for out of band detection. As one example, an out of band detection circuit is disclosed that includes an input signal, a clock generation circuit, and a sampling circuit. The clock generation circuit receives the input signal and derives therefrom a sampling clock, and the sampling circuit is operable to sample the input signal at a time indicated by the sampling clock.


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