Specification and Implementation of the Universal Time Coordinated Synchronization Unit (UTCSU)

Real-Time Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-327

  Schossmaier, Klaus ^a   Schmid, Ulrich ^a   Horauer, Martin ^a   Loy, Dietmar ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accuracy intervals; Adder Based Clock (ABC); Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC); External clock synchronization; Linear continuous amortization; Real time systems; Universal Time Coordinated (UTC)

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SYNCHRONIZATION; TIMING CIRCUITS;

EXTERNAL CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; LINEAR CONTINUOUS AMORTIZATION; UNIVERSAL TIME COORDINATED SYNCHRONIZATION UNIT (UTCSU);

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031144673     PISSN: 09226443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007953214631     Document Type: Article

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