Abstract:
There is disclosed a test access port controller for effecting communications across a chip boundary having a test mode and a diagnostic mode of operation, wherein in the test mode of operation the test data is resultant data from a test operation having an expected and time delayed relationship, and in the diagnostic mode of operation diagnostic data is conveyed both on and off chip in the form of respective independent input and output serial bit streams simultaneously through the test access port controller.
Abstract:
An ATM routing switch (21) for bidirectional transmission of digital signal cells (61) some requiring integrity of transmission while others accept some loss of cells in transmission, has a plurality of output ports (30) each handling a plurality of cell queues (134-138) and control circuitry for decoding control bits (60, 62) in each input cell to determine which output port is to be used, which queue is required and whether flow congestion exists at the source of the input cell.
Abstract:
A network (20) of ATM routing switches (21) transmits digital signal cells of a first type requiring integrity of transmission and a second type accepting some loss in transmission, each switch has buffer circuitry (35), a plurality of output ports (30) each having a plurality of queues of cells awaiting output, each output port having control circuitry (40) to provide in an output frame control bits (60, 62) indicating the type of cell, a path identifier and the existence of flow congestion at the routing switch (21) which is outputting the frame, thereby inhibiting transmission of further frames to that location until a frame is received from that location indicating that the congestion is cleared.
Abstract:
An ATM routing switch (21) has a plurality of output ports for handling digital signal cells on a first type requiring integrity of cell transmission and a second type accepting some loss of cells in transmission, the output ports having control circuitry (40) to provide a plurality of queues of cells at each output port, each queue comprising only cells of a single type while each port (30) outputs a mixture of cells of both types on a common output path (31) flow control indicators on incoming cells being used to inhibit output of cells along any path (31) to a destination for which a flow control indicator has indicated congestion.
Abstract:
Clock generation circuitry comprises: a plurality of sequentially connected delay devices (Do-D5), a first one of which is coupled to receive the first clock signal, each delay device being operable to produce a trigger signal and an output signal at a predetermined time after receiving a trigger signal from the previously connected delay device; control means (14) common to said delay devices for controlling said predetermined time interval; and output means (16) coupled to receive the output signals of the delay devices to produce therefrom said second clock signal.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a circuit for generating an output signal that comprises an oscillator for providing a first control signal, the circuit further comprising: a reference generator that provides a first reference signal; control circuitry that is responsive to the first reference signal and a second reference signal for providing a second control signal; a first current source load inverter that is responsive to the second control signal for providing the second reference signal; and circuitry for providing the output signal that has a duty cycle substantially equal to 50% and which has a frequency substantially equal to f.
Abstract:
A tuner stage of a satellite receiver system, receiving a signal from a low noise block for selecting a required channel carrier frequency, that comprises: an oscillator (20) for providing output signals at a selected frequency that have a 90° phase difference; first and second mixers (18a,18b) for mixing the signal from the low noise block with the signals from the oscillator (20); a means (22) for introducing a further 90° phase shift between the output signals of the mixer (18a,18b) at a required frequency that is equal to the difference between the selected frequency and the required channel carrier frequency; a first switchable summer (24) for summing the signals from said means; and a filter (26), whose centre frequency equals the required frequency, for filtering the summed signals.