Apparatus for processing of a series of timing signals
First Claim
1. Apparatus for processing a series of timing parameters representing series of timing signals comprising:
- an input unit for inputting the series of timing parameters representing the series of timing signals;
n processing units, including a first processing unit and a successive processing unit for processing and calculating time values from the series of timing parameters;
an output unit for outputting a series of timing signals from said time values;
wherein said input unit comprises means to divide the series of timing parameters into sequences of timing parameters, the first sequence having n timing parameters, said input unit further comprising means to distribute the n timing parameters of a sequence to said n processing units for parallel processing of the n timing parameters; and
wherein said first processing unit comprises means to calculate a first time value from a first one of the timing parameters of each sequence and said successive processing unit comprises means to calculate a successive time value from a successive one of the timing parameters and from said first time value.
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Abstract
A frequency and timing generator is presented with high accuracy and frequency resolution and no switching time between different timing cycles for a wide applicable frequency range, wherein the repetition rate of the timing cycles is not limited by the processing speed of the components. The frequency and timing generator according to the invention is accomplished by an apparatus for parallel processing of a series of timing signals comprising at least one processing unit for processing and calculating time values from timing parameters representing the series of timing signals, an output unit for outputting the series of timing signals, and an input unit for inputting the timing parameters. The sequences of n successive timing parameters to be parallelly processed are distributable by the input unit to n processing units. A first time value from a first one of the timing parameters is calculatable by a first one of the processing units, and a succesive time value is calculatable by a succesive one of the processing units from the corresponding successive timing parameter of the sequence and the calculated time value of the respective preceding timing parameter.
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1. Apparatus for processing a series of timing parameters representing series of timing signals comprising:
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an input unit for inputting the series of timing parameters representing the series of timing signals; n processing units, including a first processing unit and a successive processing unit for processing and calculating time values from the series of timing parameters; an output unit for outputting a series of timing signals from said time values; wherein said input unit comprises means to divide the series of timing parameters into sequences of timing parameters, the first sequence having n timing parameters, said input unit further comprising means to distribute the n timing parameters of a sequence to said n processing units for parallel processing of the n timing parameters; and wherein said first processing unit comprises means to calculate a first time value from a first one of the timing parameters of each sequence and said successive processing unit comprises means to calculate a successive time value from a successive one of the timing parameters and from said first time value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for processing timing parameters representing a series of timing signals comprising the steps of;
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a) inputting the timing parameters representing the series of timing signals; b) distributing a first sequence of n successive timing parameters to n interconnected processing units for parallel processing in said n processing units, said processing units comprising a first processing unit connected to receive a first timing parameter and a successive processing unit connected to receive a succesive timing parameter; c) calculating n time values from said n timing parameters in said n processing units, whereby said first processing unit calculates a first time value from said first timing parameter and said succesive processing unit calculates a successive time value from the successive timing parameter and from said first time value; and d) outputting the series of timing signals. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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