Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kirk Cesari
  • Phase detector estimator
    Patent number: 6263032
    Abstract: A phase detector for a timing control loop provided in a signal sampling system to control taking samples by a sampler of input signals provided to a signal sampling system to result in a signal sample sequence output using a slope estimator and an error determiner with a phase error estimator combiner. The combiner output is provided to a summer directly and through a delay element to form phase error estimates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Fredrickson, Vladimir Kovner, Dennis W. Hogg