Patents by Inventor Charles A. Corchero

Charles A. Corchero has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4868514
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns digital correction of oscillator drift by providing phase alignment between two clock signals running at nearly the same frequency. Phase alignment is provided by fashioning a delay for one of the clock signals through selection of various lengths of a variable delay path formed from a series of logic circuits. Respective reference signals are derived from the two clocks to be phase-aligned, and the phases of the references are compared in a digital phase comparator. The product of phase comparison controls a digital delay selector to generate a sequence of delay signals corresponding to a sequence of detected phase differences. The delay signal sequence controls the variable digital delay. The variable digital delay outputs a corrected clock signal whose phase is aligned with the phase of the other clock signals. The corrected clock signal is used to produce one reference signal, the other reference signal being derived directly from the other clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Azevedo, Charles A. Corchero, Donald J. Lang, Gilbert R. Woodman, Jr.