IP Library Granted Patent US 8,913,458
Granted Patent B2
US 8,913,458 · App. 14/038,906 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

Integrity check of measured signal trace data

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Patent No.
US 8,913,458
App. No.
14/038,906
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of monitoring signals is disclosed, wherein a plurality of command signals and address signals are consecutively expressed, as a measurement target. The method includes setting a strobe timing that has a predetermined initial value; calculating an error rate by monitoring the plurality of command signals, in accordance with the strobe timing; monitoring the plurality of address signals, and calculating a burst rate from a difference between the consecutive plurality of address signals, in accordance with the strobe timing; identifying timing where the calculated error rate and calculated burst rate are both optimized; and in the event the timing where both the calculated error rate and calculated burst rate are optimized cannot be identified, altering a predetermined value of the set strobe timing, and repeating the calculating, monitoring, and identifying.

Claims (6)

1. A device that monitors a signal as a measurement target, where a plurality of command signals and address signals are consecutively expressed, comprising:

a dynamic checker that calculates an error rate using the monitored plurality of command signals as input, and that calculates a burst rate from the difference between the consecutive plurality of address signals using the monitored plurality of address signals as input;

an MCU that identifies whether or not the calculated error rate and calculated burst rate are at optimized timing using both rates as inputs; and

a delay adjuster that, in the event timing where both rates are optimized cannot be identified, alters the predetermined value of the set strobe timing, and provides a new input into the dynamic checker.

2. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a recording device that records traced data.

3. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller that controls the tracer.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2019
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT CONTAINING TYPO ERRORS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 037101 FRAME: 0969. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2015
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037101/0969 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2013
From: KATAYAMA, YASUNAO; MUNETOH, SEIJI; OHBA, NOBUYUKI; OKADA, TADAYUKI; OKAZAKI, ATSUYA
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031295/0610 →