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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Ketan B Patel, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Lorenzo Crespi, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Lakshmi P Murukutla, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ketan B Patel, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Lorenzo Crespi, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Lakshmi P Murukutla, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conexant Systems, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 4/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A triangular waveform generator is converted to a free running oscillator controlled by a calibration code. The free running oscillator can be synchronized to an external clock signal by comparing the external clock frequency to the frequency of the triangular waveform and adjusting the calibration code until the discrepancy in frequency is minimized.