Method for automatically regulating an oscillator

• US 20050188234A1
• Filed: 02/24/2004
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcorlink Corp.
• Original Assignee: Alcor Micro Corp.
• Inventors: Chang, Chi-Tung
• Granted Patent: US 7,127,628 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/322
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/08 Clock generators with changeable or programmable clock frequency

Abstract

A method for automatically regulating an oscillator is applicable to a low-speed USB interface connecting system and includes the steps of (a) providing a voltage-controlled oscillator in a USB interface for generating a controllable oscillating signal to a USB electronic device; (b) feeding back the controllable oscillating signal to a frequency comparing unit for comparing the controllable oscillating signal with a Keep Alive Strobe signal in the USB interface; (c) inputting an output signal of the frequency comparing unit to a frequency regulating unit for changing the frequency of the controllable oscillating signal according to a signal regulating voltage fed back from the frequency comparing unit; and (d) repeating (b) and (c) to synchronize the controllable oscillating signal with the Keep Alive Strobe signal in the USB interface; so that the USB interface connecting system and the USB electronic device may be quickly synchronized for data transmission at reduced cost.

Claims

1. A method for automatically regulating an oscillator applicable to a low-speed USB interface connecting system, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a voltage-controlled oscillator in a USB interface so that a controllable oscillating signal is generated by said voltage-controlled oscillator to a USB electronic device;

(b) feeding back said controllable oscillating signal to a frequency comparing unit which is used to compare said controllable oscillating signal with a Keep Alive Strobe signal in said USB interface in order to find a difference between frequencies of said controllable oscillating signal and said Keep Alive Strobe signal;

(c) inputting an output signal of the frequency comparing unit to a frequency regulating unit where the frequency of said controllable oscillating signal is changed according to a signal regulating voltage fed back from said frequency comparing unit; and

(d) repeating steps (b) and (c) to synchronize said controllable oscillating signal with said Keep Alive Strobe signal in said USB interface.

2. The method for automatically regulating an oscillator as claimed in claim 1 wherein said frequency comparing unit comprises a micro integrated circuit.

3. The method for automatically regulating an oscillator as claimed in claim 1 wherein said frequency regulating unit comprises a micro integrated circuit.