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 5):
The gray code counter of  claim 1 , comprising:\n a first logic gate comprising a first input coupled to the pre-ready cell, wherein the early first signal is provided from the pre-ready cell to the first input of the first logic gate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27397
- Patent Class: 377.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14190154', '15483140', '13945937', '14495876', '12800038']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6677545114744527
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4926453223046541
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.650243592557473
- Mean Citation Score: 227.983108
- Max Citation Score: 300.41867
- Similarity Product: 226.76327069056987

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

Dataset: test