发明名称 |
SLAVE CLOCK GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONOUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS |
摘要 |
A slave clock generation system and method suitable for use with synchronous telecommunications networks generates one or more slave clocks (16) from a selected reference clock (Ts) using a direct digital synthesis technique. A multiplexer (20) selects a reference clock from a number of available sources (12), each of which can be at its own spot frequency, based on a predetermined selection order. Toggle detectors (42) monitor each of the available clock sources, and block the selection of any that are not within a specified frequency range. A local oscillator (24) establishes short-term and long-term measurement periods; the cycles of the selected reference clock are counted over consecutive short-term measurement periods to determine the relative frequency of the selected clock with respect to the frequency of the local oscillator. The cycle counts are fed to a phase-to-clock converter (80), which produces a slave clock output having a frequency that varies with the relative frequency measured for the selected clock. Rounding errors are countered by monitoring both the generated slave clock and the selected reference clock over a long-term measurement period, with the difference (B-C) between these two cycle counts used in a feedback path to correct the output frequency. The invention's mostly-digital implementation improves its noise-rejection and suppression characteristics, and enables the system to be integrated on a common substrate.
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申请公布号 |
WO0065715(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.11.02 |
申请号 |
WO2000US10289 |
申请日期 |
2000.04.17 |
申请人 |
SEMTECH CORPORATION |
发明人 |
TONKS, DAVID, JOHN;MCKNIGHT, ANDREW;LAMB, JONATHAN |
分类号 |
G06F1/12;G06F1/08;G06F1/10;H03L7/00;H04J3/06;H04L7/033;(IPC1-7):H03K3/00 |
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G06F1/12 |
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