Abstract: Described is a grip for attachment to a sport stick having a shaft. One end of the shaft has a opening extending longitudinally into the shaft. The grip comprises an elongated grip portion having a hilt. The hilt has a longitudinal dimension sized for being grasped by the hand of a user. The grip also comprises an insertion portion at one end of the elongated grip portion. The insertion portion is sized to provide close insertion into the opening at the one end of the shaft.

Abstract: Described are a system and method for forming a custom-design grip on a handle for a sports stick or for equipment. A sheet of resilient, compressible material has a plurality of differently shaped cut-outs formed therein. Cut-out shapes include rectangles, stars, Xs, donuts, zigzags, and curves. A user selects a combination of the cut-outs for the grip design, removing them from the sheet and attaching them to one of the surfaces of the handle. Tape is then wrapped around the handle over the cut-outs to form raised impressions on the handle. The raised impressions have the shapes of the cut-outs, thus providing a customized ornamental appearance in addition to a tactile feel for a firm grasp of the handle.

Abstract: A device and method for reducing phase jitter in digital phase locked loop applications resulting in smaller clock skews between application specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Phase jitter is reduced by a fine resolution digital delay line (20) comprising both coarse stages (variable delay element 24) for rough/fast phase adjustment and fine stages (fine resolution delay element 22) for precise delay adjustment when phase lock is near.

Abstract: A device and method for reducing phase jitter in digital phase locked loop applications resulting in smaller clock skews between application specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Phase jitter is reduced by a fine resolution digital delay line (20) comprising both coarse stages (variable delay element 24) for rough/fast phase adjustment and fine stages (fine resolution delay element 22) for precise delay adjustment when phase lock is near.

Abstract: A first periodic digital waveform is to be synchronized with a second periodic digital waveform obtained by propagating the first waveform through a delay path (13) having an adjustable propagation delay. In the disclosed approach, the delay of the delay path is increased, even when an edge (43) of the second waveform trails a corresponding edge (45) of the first waveform by less than one-half cycle. The delay continues to be increased until the edge of the second waveform is eventually time-shifted past the next successive corresponding edge (49) of the first waveform.