PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956792
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["377", "034000"]

Abstract:
One or more gray code counters, counter arrangements, and phase-locked loop (PLL) circuits are provided. A gray code counter comprises a set of cells, such as standard cells, that output a gray code signal. The gray code counter comprises a pre-ready cell that provides an early signal, generated based upon an early clock, to one or more cells to reduce delay. A counter arrangement comprises one or more counter groups configured to provide pixel count levels for pixels, such as pixels of an image sensor array. A counter group comprises a gray code counter configured to provide a gray code signal to latch counter arrangements of the counter group. A PPL circuit comprises a gray code counter configured to generate a gray code signal used by a digital filter to adjust an oscillator. The gray code signal provides n-bit early/late information to the digital filter for adjustment of the oscillator.

Claim (Index 15):
The gray code counter of  claim 12 , wherein:\n the pre-ready cell comprises a first multiplexer and a flip flop, the first cell comprises a second multiplexer having a select input, and the select input of the second multiplexer, the first input of the first logic gate, and an output of the first flip flop are commonly coupled to an input of the first multiplexer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27397
- Patent Class: 377.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14190154', '15483140', '13945937', '14495876', '12800038']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6936146884011727
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4946992839431928
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6737231479553747
- Mean Citation Score: 227.983108
- Max Citation Score: 300.41867
- Similarity Product: 228.0807302527076

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test