1. A method in a data processing system for transporting a message through a management framework, the method comprising the steps of:
encoding at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form;
conveying said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form through a management framework;
receiving said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form at a layer above the management framework; and
decoding said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said language-independent form comprises a National Language Support (NLS) form.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said management framework comprises an intermediate management framework.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said layer above the management framework comprises a client layer.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of reconstituting said decoded at least one argument in a specific language form.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said management framework comprises a Common Information Model (CIM) management framework.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said management framework comprises a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management framework.
8. A data processing system for transporting a message through a management framework, comprising:
a first processing unit; and
a second processing unit coupled to said first processing unit, said first processing unit operable to:
encode at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form; and
convey said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form through a management framework, said second processing unit operable to:
receive said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form at a layer above the management framework; and
decode said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form.
9. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein said language-independent form comprises a National Language Support (NLS) form.
10. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein said management framework comprises an intermediate management framework.
11. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein said layer above the management framework comprises a client layer.
12. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein said second processing unit is further operable to:
reconstitute said decoded at least one argument in a specific language form.
13. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein said management framework comprises a Common Information Model (CIM) management framework.
14. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein said management framework comprises a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management framework.
15. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for transporting a message through a management
placing magnetic field homogeneity enhancing material selected from the group consisting of: silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide and aluminum oxide in a argument of said message in a language-independent form;
second instructions for conveying said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form through a management framework;
third instructions for receiving said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form at a layer above the management framework; and
fourth instructions for decoding said at least one argument of said message in a language-independent form.
16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said language-independent form comprises a National Language Support (NLS) form.
17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said management framework comprises an intermediate management framework.
18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said layer above the management framework comprises a client layer.
19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:
fifth instructions for reconstituting said decoded at least one argument in a specific language form.
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 event time stamping system comprising:
a current source;
an integrator comprising an input and an output, wherein the current source is coupled to the input and the output is configured to provide a voltage proportional to a length of time;
one or more switches configured to couple the current source to the input of the integrator upon receipt of an event signal and configured to de-couple the current source from the input of the integrator upon receipt of a control trigger;
a lock-out signal generator configured to generate a lock-out signal; and
a controller coupled to the one or more switches comprising a clock signal generator configured to generate a system clock signal, wherein the controller is configured to generate the control trigger based on the lock-out signal to provide a minimum integration time wherein the minimum integration time comprises a time period of a phase shift between the system clock signal and the lock-out signal.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller generates the control trigger based on the lock-out signal to provide a maximum integration time comprising a sum of the time period of the phase shift between the system clock signal and the lock-out signal and the time period of one complete clock cycle.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the integrator comprises: an operational transconductance amplifier comprising an input coupled to the input of the integrator and an output coupled to the output of the integrator; and a first integrating capacitor coupled to the input and to the output of the operational transconductance amplifier.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the integrator comprises a reset switch coupled in parallel with the first integrating capacitor.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the integrator comprises: a plurality of integrating capacitors; and a plurality of switches coupled to the plurality of integrating capacitors and configured to selectively couple and de-couple each of the plurality of integrating capacitors with the first integrating capacitor.
6. The system of claim 1, comprising: an analog-to-digital converter comprising: a comparator configured to receive an input from a reference signal generator comprising: a first input coupled to the output of the integrator; a second input coupled to the reference signal generator; and an output configured to change states; a digitizing counter configured to start counting upon receipt of a signal from the controller; and a register coupled to the comparator and to the digitizing counter, and configured to latch a value from the digitizing counter when the output of the comparator changes state.
7. The system of claim 4, wherein the reference signal generator is configured to supply an analog ramp signal to the second input of the comparator.
8. A method of manufacturing comprising:
providing a current source;
providing an operational transconductance amplifier having an input and an output;
coupling an integrating capacitor between the input and the output of the amplifier;
coupling one or more switches between the current source and the integrating capacitor;
coupling a controller to the one or more switches; and
configuring the controller to control the one or more switches to de-couple the current source from the integrating capacitor after at least a minimum integration time wherein the minimum integration time comprises the time period of the phase shift between a lock-out signal and a clock signal generated by a lock-out signal generator and a clock signal generator respectively.
9. The method of claim 8, comprising coupling a reset switch in parallel with the integrating capacitor.
10. The method of claim 8, comprising coupling a plurality of parallel integrating capacitors to the output of the amplifier and to the input of the amplifier.
11. The method of claim 10, comprising configuring at least one of the plurality of parallel integrating capacitors such that the at least one integrating capacitor can be disconnected from the amplifier.
12. The time-to-voltage converter of claim 10, wherein the minimum determined time period comprises the phase-shift time period between the clock signal and a lock-out signal.
13. The time-to-voltage converter of claim 10, wherein a maximum determined time period comprises a sum of the phase-shift time period between the clock signal and the lock-out signal and the time period of one cycle of the clock signal.
14. The time-to-voltage converter of claim 9, comprising a reset switch connected in parallel with the feedback capacitor.
15. A time-to-voltage converter comprising:
a current source;
a feedback capacitor;
an operational transconductance amplifier having an output coupled to the feedback capacitor; and
one or more switches configured to couple the current source to the feedback capacitor upon receipt of an event trigger, and configured to de-couple the current source from the feedback capacitor after a minimum determined time period wherein the one or more switches are controlled b a controller configured to generate a clock signal and by a lock-out signal which is phase-shifted from the clock signal.
16. The time-to-voltage converter of claim 9, comprising a plurality of parallel feedback capacitors.
17. The time-to-voltage converter of claim 15, comprising one or more switches in series with a respective one of the plurality of parallel feedback capacitors, the one or more switches configured to disconnect the respective one of the plurality of feedback capacitors from the amplifier.