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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:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Zhi Qi Huang, Shanghai, CN;

Wei Lu Chu, Shanghai, CN;

Dong Pan, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); H03K 5/131 (2014.01); H03K 5/134 (2014.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/131 (2013.01); G11C 5/145 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01); H03K 5/134 (2014.07); H03K 2005/00058 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00195 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods are described for voltage dependent delay. An example apparatus includes an oscillator including a delay circuit that is configured to provide an oscillating output signal has a delay based on a delay of the delay circuit. The delay of the delay circuit is based on a voltage it receives. For example, the delay of the delay circuit increases for an increasing received voltage and decreases for a decreasing received voltage. As a result, the oscillating output signal provided by the oscillator is based on the received voltage. For example, a frequency of the oscillating output signal decreases for increasing received voltage and increases for decreasing received voltage. Described in another way, the frequency of the oscillating output signal is relatively low for relatively high received voltage and relatively high for relatively low received voltage.


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