Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-speed bus time stamp methods and circuitry
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Application No.: US15742850Application Date: 2016-07-18
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Publication No.: US10466738B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Bradley Sharpe-Geisler
- Applicant: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- Applicant Address: US OR Portland
- Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Portland
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/042827 WO 20160718
- International Announcement: WO2017/015222 WO 20170126
- Main IPC: G06F1/12
- IPC: G06F1/12 ; G06F13/42 ; H04J3/06 ; H04L7/04

Abstract:
Methods and circuitry for low-speed bus time stamping and triggering are presented in this disclosure. A master device and slave devices can be interfaced via a communication link that comprises a data line and a clock line. The master device generates and controls a clock signal on the clock line, and sends a synchronization command over the data line to the slave devices. In response to the synchronization command, the master device receives timestamp information of an event detected at each slave device. The master device tracks transitions and frequencies of the clock signal, and determines a time of the event based on the timestamp information, the tracked transitions and the frequencies. The master device can further send to each slave device delay setting information for generating a trigger signal at that slave device based on transitions of the clock signal, the synchronization command and the delay setting information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180196465A1 LOW-SPEED BUS TIME STAMP METHODS AND CIRCUITRY Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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