Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for clock synchronization
- Patent Title (中): 时钟同步的装置和方法
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Application No.: US11965731Application Date: 2007-12-27
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Publication No.: US07817758B2Publication Date: 2010-10-19
- Inventor: Xiaoyu Gao
- Applicant: Xiaoyu Gao
- Applicant Address: CN Beijing CN Wuxi
- Assignee: Vimcro Corporation,Wuxi Vimicro Corporation
- Current Assignee: Vimcro Corporation,Wuxi Vimicro Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: CN Beijing CN Wuxi
- Agency: Wuxi Sino IP Agency, Ltd.
- Agent Joe Zheng
- Priority: CN200710098576 20070420
- Main IPC: H04L7/00
- IPC: H04L7/00

Abstract:
Techniques for synchronizing clocks are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a pair of dividing coefficients a1 and a2 is obtained from a ratio of a theoretical frequency fs1 of the first source signal to a theoretical frequency fs_local of a desired local clock signal. A least common multiple expressed as T_c is obtained from the theoretical periods T1 and T2 of the first source signal and the second source signal. A relative error expressed as k is calculated from the first and second source clock signals in a period of T_c. The first source clock signal is then divided into a first local clock signal with a period equal to T1*a1 and a second local clock signal with a period equals to T1*a2 according to the dividing coefficients a1 and a2, respectively. The clock number m of the first local clock signal and the clock number n of the second local clock signal in the period of T_c are calculated according to the relative error k and the dividing coefficients a1 and a2. The m clocks of the first local clock signal is mixed with the n clocks of the second local clock signal as m+n clocks of the desired local clock signal with the period of T_c. Thus, the local clock signal obtained as such is synchronized with both of the first and second source clock signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090168933A1 Apparatus and Method for Clock Synchronization Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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