Patent ID: 8969796
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,H01J,H03K,H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. A timing device for processing trigger signal data containing a trigger signal indicating the occurrence of a trigger event, the timing device having: a trigger signal deserialiser configured to receive trigger signal data containing a trigger signal indicating the occurrence of a trigger event as serial data and to output the trigger signal data as parallel data; and a processing means configured to process trigger signal data outputted by the trigger signal deserialiser as parallel data; wherein the processing means is configured to detect a trigger signal contained in trigger signal data outputted by the trigger signal deserialiser as parallel data, and to produce control data for controlling the operation of one or more components based on the detected trigger signal such that the control data is synchronised to the trigger event indicated by the detected trigger signal; wherein the processing means is configured to output the control data as parallel data, and the timing device has one or more output serialisers, wherein the or each output serialiser is configured to receive respective control data outputted by the processing means as parallel data and to output the respective control data as serial data.