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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Applicant:
Ilan Margalit, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Inventor:
Ilan Margalit, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for using a non-timer dedicated resource, such as a communication resource, for performing timing operations is provided. The method is advantageous for use with embedded applications in dedicated devices having limited timing resources, particularly in cases where the existing timing resources have all been allocated to specific tasks and are not available to accommodate further timing requirements.