Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Generating a regularly synchronised count value
- Patent Title (中): 生成定期同步的计数值
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Application No.: US13348862Application Date: 2012-01-12
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Publication No.: US08498373B2Publication Date: 2013-07-30
- Inventor: John Michael Horley , Sheldon James Woodhouse , Michael John Williams , Sheshadri Kalkunte , Andrew Christopher Rose
- Applicant: John Michael Horley , Sheldon James Woodhouse , Michael John Williams , Sheshadri Kalkunte , Andrew Christopher Rose
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: IN2727/DEL/2011 20110920
- Main IPC: H03L7/00
- IPC: H03L7/00

Abstract:
A count value generator includes an input for receiving a synchronizing count value, a counter configured to increment at a local frequency, the local frequency being faster than the synchronizing frequency, and an interpolator for determining a frequency ratio between the local frequency and the synchronizing frequency and for determining an increment value for the counter dependent on a relative amount of a maximum value of the counter with respect to the frequency ratio is disclosed. The counter generates a count value including a predetermined number of bits representing integer values and output as the lower order bits of the output count value and additional lower order bits that represent fractional portions of the integer values. The counter includes output circuitry for outputting the synchronizing count value and the predetermined number of bits representing integer values generated by the counter as the lower order bits of the count value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130070879A1 GENERATING A REGULARLY SYNCHRONISED COUNT VALUE Public/Granted day:2013-03-21
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