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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2010
Jochen Rivoir, Magstadt, DE;
Markus Seuring, Stuttgart, DE;
Jochen Rivoir, Magstadt, DE;
Markus Seuring, Stuttgart, DE;
ADVANTEST CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a number of successive equal bits preceding an edge within a bit stream including a repetitive bit sequence includes an edge number determiner, an edge selector, a time stamper and an equal bits determiner. The edge number determiner determines a preset number of edges. The preset number of edges is coprime to a number of edges of the repetitive bit sequence or coprime to a maximal number of edges of the repetitive bit sequence. The edge selector selects edges of the bit stream spaced apart from each other by the preset number of edges. Further, the time stamper determines a time stamp for each selected edge of the bit stream and the equal bits determiner determines the number of successive equal bits preceding the edge based on determined time stamps of selected edges.