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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Howard Hilton, Snohomish, WA (US);
Darrin Dennis Rath, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Gerald J. Ringel, Marysville, WA (US);
Howard Hilton, Snohomish, WA (US);
Darrin Dennis Rath, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Gerald J. Ringel, Marysville, WA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a global synchronization interface and multiple modules. The global synchronization interface includes a global synchronization driver for driving a global synchronization signal. The modules include corresponding local synchronization interfaces, each local synchronization interface having a local synchronization driver for driving a local synchronization signal. In a local mode, the modules ignore the global synchronization signal and synchronize corresponding operations according to the local synchronization signal and a global reference signal. In a global mode, the modules ignore the local synchronization signal and synchronize the corresponding operations according to the global synchronization signal and the global reference signal.