1. A method for adjusting the frequency of a local oscillator, comprising the steps of:
receiving a television signal;
determining a first value from said television signal; and
replacing a second value stored in a memory with said first value.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of replacing said second value with said first value is performed only in response to said first value being different than said second value.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of replacing said second value with said first value is performed only in response to said first value being greater than 15 parts per million different than said second value.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of replacing said second value with said first value is performed only in response to said first value being greater than 0.0015% different than said second value.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining a first value from said television signal comprises the steps of:
receiving a first data packet;
receiving a second data packet;
determining a difference between the information received in said first data packet and the information in said second data packet; and
determining said first value in response to said difference.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the information received in said first data packet and said second data packet are time references.
7. An apparatus comprising:
a memory for storing a first oscillator parameter;
an input for receiving a television signal comprising time reference data; and
a processing means for determining a second oscillator parameter in response to said time reference data and storing said second oscillator parameter in said memory.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said processor replaces said first oscillator parameter with said second oscillator parameter in response to said second oscillator parameter being different than said first oscillator parameter.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said processor replaces said first oscillator parameter with said second oscillator parameter in response to when said second oscillator parameter being greater than 0.0015% different than said first oscillator parameter.
10. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said processor replaces said first oscillator parameter with said second oscillator parameter in response to said second oscillator parameter being greater than 15 parts per million different than said first oscillator parameter.
11. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said first oscillator parameter and said second oscillator parameter is a bit rate multiplier value.
12. A method for updating a digital video signal processor parameter comprising a processing means for:
extracting a first time stamp from a first data packet,
extracting a second time stamp from a second data packet;
determining the time interval between the first time stamp and the second time stamp;
calculating a video signal processor parameter based on said time interval;
replacing a stored video signal processor parameter with said video signal processor parameter.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said stored video signal processor parameter is replaced with said video signal processor parameter only in response to said video signal processor parameter being different than said stored video signal processor parameter.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said stored video signal processor parameter is replaced with said video signal processor parameter only in response to said video signal processor parameter being greater than 0.0015% different than said stored video signal processor parameter.
15. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said stored video signal processor parameter is replaced with said video signal processor parameter only when said video signal processor parameter is greater than 15 parts per million different than said stored video signal processor parameter.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electronic assembly, comprising:
three or more shaped ferrous core elements mated to one another in a substantially side-by-side fashion, said mated shaped ferrous core elements forming a plurality of winding channels, each winding channel having a respective aperture associated therewith;
a bonded wire winding having a plurality of turns and disposed at least partly within at least one of said channels, said winding further comprising at least two ends which are routed through said respective aperture; and
a termination element comprising a plurality of electrically conductive terminals associated therewith, said plurality of electrically conductive terminals adapted for mating to corresponding electrical interfaces disposed on a printed circuit board, said at least two ends of said winding being in electrical communication with ones of said terminals;
wherein said at least one of said channels associated with said bonded wire winding includes no former or bobbin for said bonded wire winding; and
wherein said bonded wire winding does not protrude below a bottom surface of said termination element.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein each of said three or more shaped ferrous core elements comprises a ferrite ER-type core element having a substantially circular center post.
3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein said termination element is bonded to at least one of said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements using an adhesive.
4. The assembly of claim 3, wherein said substantially side-by-side fashion includes a face-to-face mating interface, and at least one other type of mating interface.
5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of electrically conductive terminals comprises a substantially circular cross-section.
6. The assembly of claim 4, wherein said printed circuit board further comprises a signal interface to a broadband data connection.
7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein said printed circuit board further comprises an electronic circuit that, in combination with a plurality of inductive devices formed using said three or more shaped ferrous core elements, is compliant with a DSL configuration or service.
8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said bonded wire winding comprises multiple windings bonded into a unitary physical structure.
9. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements are ganged together in an array.
10. The assembly of claim 9, wherein said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements are ganged together in a multiplicity of formations.
11. A digital subscriber line (DSL) electronic assembly, comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of inductive devices mounted thereon, said plurality of inductive devices collectively comprising:
a plurality of shaped ferrous core elements mated to one another, said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements forming at least one winding channel when so mated, said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements also collectively forming at least one aperture communicating with said at least one channel when so mated;
a bonded wire winding having a plurality of turns and disposed at least partly within said at least one winding channel, said winding further comprising at least two ends which are routed through said at least one aperture; and
a mounting header, comprising:
a body;
a bottom surface; and
a plurality of electrically conductive terminals protruding from said bottom surface of said mounting header and adapted for mating to traces disposed on a substantially planar surface of said PCB, said at least two ends of said winding being in electrical communication with ones of said terminals;
wherein said bonded wire winding disposed at least partly within said at least one winding channel includes no former or bobbin for said winding.
12. The assembly of claim 11, wherein said bonded wire winding comprises multiple windings bonded into a unitary physical structure.
13. The assembly of claim 12, wherein said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements are ganged together in an array.
14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements are ganged together in a multiplicity of formations.
15. The assembly of claim 14, wherein substantially all of said plurality of turns of said bonded winding are each bonded via an insulative coating to adjacent ones of said winding turns.
16. The assembly of claim 15, wherein said plurality of turns are bonded via a vacuum deposition process.
17. The assembly of claim 11, wherein said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements are mated to one another using at least one face-to-face mating, and at least one other mating other then a face-to-face mating.
18. A method of operating a digital subscriber line (DSL) electronic assembly, comprising:
obtaining a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of inductive devices mounted thereon, said plurality of inductive devices comprising:
a plurality of shaped ferrous core elements mated to one another, said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements forming at least one winding channel when so mated, said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements also collectively forming at least one wire routing aperture communicating with said at least one winding channel with a first portion of said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements mated in a face-to-face disposition and a second portion of said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements mated in non face-to-face disposition;
a bonded wire winding having a plurality of turns and disposed at least partly within said at least one winding channel, said winding further comprising at least two ends which are routed through said at least one wire routing aperture; and
a mounting header for said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements, said mounting header comprising:
a body supporting said plurality of shaped ferrous core elements;
a bottom surface; and
a plurality of electrically conductive terminals protruding from said bottom surface of said mounting header and adapted for mating to said printed circuit board, said at least two ends of said winding being in electrical communication with ones of said terminals;
wherein said bonded wire winding disposed at least partly within said at least one winding channel includes no former or bobbin for said winding; and
disposing said printed circuit board comprising said plurality of inductive devices in a DSL equipment apparatus so as to operative therein.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein said DSL equipment apparatus comprises DSL central office equipment.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein said DSL equipment apparatus comprises DSL home premises equipment.
21. A digital subscriber line (DSL) apparatus, comprising:
at least one DSL modem apparatus; and
an electronic assembly in signal communication with said modem apparatus, the assembly comprising:
a plurality of shaped ferrous core elements mated to one another in a substantially side-by-side fashion, said mated shaped ferrous core elements forming a plurality of winding channels, each winding channel having a respective aperture associated therewith;
a bonded wire winding having a plurality of turns and disposed at least partly within at least one of said channels, said winding further comprising at least two ends which are routed through said respective aperture; and
a termination element comprising a plurality of electrically conductive terminals associated therewith, said plurality of electrically conductive terminals adapted for mating to corresponding electrical interfaces disposed on a printed circuit board associated with said DSL apparatus, said at least two ends of said winding being in electrical communication with ones of said terminals;
wherein said at least one of said channels associated with said bonded wire winding includes no former or bobbin for said bonded wire winding; and
wherein said bonded wire winding is disposed substantially above a bottom surface of said termination element.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein said DSL apparatus comprises DSL central office equipment.
23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein said DSL apparatus comprises DSL consumer premises equipment.