US 12,224,764 B2 · Timing signal diagnostic system

Abstract

A timing signal diagnostic system includes a chassis housing an input system that receives a timing signal, a timing system that receives the timing signal from the input system, an analog-to-digital converter system that receives the timing signal from the input system, and a processing system that is coupled to the timing system and the analog-to-digital converter system. The processing system uses the timing system to output reference time signals to the analog-to-digital converter system that are based on the timing signal, and uses the analog-to-digital converter system to sample the timing signal based on the reference time signals over a plurality of different timing signal cycles. Based on the sampling of the timing signal, the processing system generates a waveform for the timing signal, and provides a timing signal diagnostic result based on the waveform for the timing signal.

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Dependent claims

A timing signal diagnostic system, comprising:

a chassis;
an input system that is included in the chassis and configured to receive a timing signal;
a timing system that is included in the chassis, coupled to the input system, and configured to receive the timing signal from the input system;
an analog-to-digital converter system that is included in the chassis, coupled to the input system, and configured to receive the timing signal from the input system;
and
a processing system that is included in the chassis, coupled to the timing system and the analog-to-digital converter system, and configured to:
output, to the analog-to-digital converter system using the timing system, reference time signals that are based on the timing signal;
sample, using the analog-to-digital converter system, the timing signal based on the reference time signals over a plurality of different timing signal cycles;
generate, based on the sampling of the timing signal, a waveform for the timing signal;
and
provide, based on the waveform for the timing signal, a timing signal diagnostic result.

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An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

a processing system;
and
a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a timing signal diagnostic engine that is configured to:
output, to an analog-to-digital converter system that is included in a chassis with the processing system using a timing system that is included in the chassis with the processing system, reference time signals that are based on a timing signal that is received by the timing system from an input system that is included in the chassis with the processing system;
sample, using the analog-to-digital converter system and based on the reference time signals over a plurality of different timing signal cycles, the timing signal that is received by the analog-to-digital converter system from the input system;
generate, based on the sampling of the timing signal, a waveform for the timing signal;
and
provide, based on the waveform for the timing signal, a timing signal diagnostic result.

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A method for diagnosing a timing signal, comprising:

outputting, by a timing signal diagnostic subsystem to an analog-to-digital converter system that is included in a chassis with the timing signal diagnostic subsystem using a timing system that is included in the chassis with the timing signal diagnostic subsystem, reference time signals that are based on a timing signal that is received by the timing system from an input system that is included in the chassis with the timing signal diagnostic subsystem;
sampling, by the timing signal diagnostic subsystem using the analog-to-digital converter system and based on the reference time signals over a plurality of different timing signal cycles, the timing signal that is received by the analog-to-digital converter system from the input system;
generating, by the timing signal diagnostic subsystem based on the sampling of the timing signal, a waveform for the timing signal;
and
providing, by the timing signal diagnostic subsystem based on the waveform for the timing signal, a timing signal diagnostic result.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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