Techniques to regenerate a signal

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2006-11-14

2006-11-14

Fan, Chieh M. (Department: 2611)

Pulse or digital communications

Synchronizers

Phase displacement, slip or jitter correction

C375S375000, C375S376000, C327S291000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07136444

ABSTRACT:
A signal regenerator that reduces noise in a reference clock signal. In one possible implementation, phase comparisons between the reference clock signal and an input signal are made. Based on the phase comparisons, phases of a clock signal having a lower frequency than the reference clock signal are adjusted. Phases of the phase adjusted lower frequency clock signal are compared with phases of a divided down version of the reference clock signal. Based on such comparisons, phases of the reference clock signal may be adjusted.

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