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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Koch, Ehningen, DE;

Matthias Ringe, Tuebingen, DE;

Andreas Arp, Nufringen, DE;

Fatih Cilek, Boeblingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/017 (2006.01); H03K 5/156 (2006.01); H03K 5/133 (2014.01); H03K 21/08 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/1565 (2013.01); H03K 5/133 (2013.01); H03K 21/08 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00065 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00071 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method of correcting duty cycle (DC) and compensating for active clock edge shift. In an embodiment, the system includes at least one control circuit to receive DCC control signals and to output at least one first adjustment signal, at least one second adjustment signal, at least one first correction signal, and at least one second correction signal, at least one adjustment circuit to change a DC value of an input clock signal, at least one correction circuit to compensate for a shift of an active clock edge of the input clock signal, and where one of the at least one adjustment circuit and the at least one correction circuit is to receive the input clock signal and wherein one of the at least one adjustment circuit and the at least one correction circuit is to transmit a corrected output clock signal.


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