Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Signal converting – shaping – or generating – Generating rectangular
Reissue Patent
2008-09-30
2010-12-07
Le, Dinh T. (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Signal converting, shaping, or generating
Generating rectangular
C327S105000, C327S107000, C331S057000
Reissue Patent
active
RE041981
ABSTRACT:
A waveform generator includes a plurality of delay elements such as in a delay line circuit of a free-running oscillator, phase locked loop (PLL) circuit or delay locked loop (DLL) circuit, an algebra module, a switching module and an output module. The oscillator includes a plurality of delay elements and a plurality of taps disposed between the delay elements, with each tap providing a uniquely phased, oscillating transition signal. The algebra module includes an algebra data input port, a clock input port and an algebra data output port. The algebra module generates a signal at the algebra data output port indicating a first rising edge of the arbitrary waveform in response to a signal received at the algebra data input port. The switching module includes a switch input port in electrical communication with the algebra data output port, a plurality of switch tap input ports in electrical communication oscillator taps and switch output port. At the switch output port, the switch module provides a first transition signal selected from one of the plurality of oscillator taps in response to the signal indicative of a first rising edge received at the switch input port. The output module includes a transition signal input port in electrical communication with the switch output port, a window input port in electrical communication with the algebra data output port and a waveform output port in electrical communication with the clock input port of the algebra module. In order to generate multiple output waveforms, there may be a plurality of switching modules and a corresponding plurality of output modules. Each corresponding switching module/output module pair is dedicated to producing a corresponding output signal.
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Allen Daniel J.
Carley Adam L.
Altera Corporation
Edell Shapiro & Finnan LLC
Le Dinh T.
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