Selectively combining signals to produce desired output signal
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsThomas D. Simon, Rajeevan Amirtharajah
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Abstract
The present invention provides a mechanism for combining programming signals to provide an output signal, the properties of which depend only on selected properties of the programming signals. An embodiment of the invention includes first and second edge-to-pulse converters. The first edge-to-pulse converter generates an intermediate signal having a width determined by received initiation and termination signals. The second edge-to-pulse converter generates an output signal, responsive to the intermediate signal and the termination signal. The output signal has a width determined by a first edge of the initiation signal and a first edge of the termination signal.
Claims26
A circuit comprising:
- a first edge-to-pulse converter having a first input to receive an initiating signal and a second input to receive a terminating signal, the first edge-to-pulse converter to provide an intermediate initiating signal at an output;
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- a second edge-to-pulse converter having a first input to receive the intermediate initiating signal and a second input to receive the terminating signal, the second edge-to-pulse converter to provide a pulse having a width determined by a first edge of the intermediate initiating signal and a first edge of the terminating signal.
A method comprising:
- initiating an intermediate signal responsive to detection of an initiating signal;
- terminating the intermediate signal, responsive to detection of a terminating signal;
- initiating an output signal, responsive to detection of the intermediate signal;
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- terminating the output signal, responsive to detection of the terminating signal.
A circuit comprising:
- a start pulse source to generate a start pulse having a width;
- a stop pulse source to generate a stop pulse having a delay relative to the start pulse, determined by a bit;
- a first edge-to-pulse converter to generate an intermediate pulse having a width determined by the start pulse and a first edge of the stop pulse;
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- a second edge-to-pulse converter to generate a symbol having a width determined by a first edge of the intermediate pulse and the first edge of the stop pulse
A method comprising:
- initiating an intermediate signal, responsive to a first programming signal;
- initiating an output signal, responsive to the intermediate signal;
- terminating the output signal, responsive to a second programming signal;
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- terminating the intermediate signal, responsive to an event associated with the second programming signal.
A circuit comprising:
- a first module having first input to receive a first programming signal, a second input to receive a terminate signal, the first module to initiate an intermediate signal responsive to the first programming signal and to terminate the intermediate signal responsive to the terminate signal;
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- a second module having a first input to receive the intermediate signal and a second input to receive a second programming signal, the second module to initiate and terminate an output signal, responsive to the intermediate signal and the second programming signal, respectively, wherein the terminate signal for the first module is related to the second programming signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.