US Patent 7447484 Timing controller and timing control method

A timing controller is disclosed that includes: an amplifier part configured to amplify a first input signal in accordance with a control voltage, the first input signal being one of a transmission signal and a signal of a fixed value; a detector part configured to detect envelope information from the output signal of the amplifier part; a controller part configured to determine a delay difference from the transmission signal and the envelope information and transmit a timing control signal based on the delay difference; and a delay corrector part configured to correct the delay of a second input signal in accordance with the timing control signal, the second input signal being one of the transmission signal and a signal of a fixed value. One of the first and second input signals employs the corresponding signal of the fixed value in the case of correcting the delay.