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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:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Fadi Hamdan, Austin, TX (US);

Keith Alan Bowman, Morrisville, NC (US);

Nadeem Eleyan, Austin, TX (US);

Xiang Li, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/133 (2014.01); H03L 7/081 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/133 (2013.01); H03L 7/081 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00019 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to adaptively delaying an input signal. In accordance with one aspect, an apparatus includes a plurality of delay units, wherein each of the plurality of delay units includes a substantially similar output load characteristic; a plurality of buffer units, wherein each of the plurality of buffer units is coupled to one of the plurality of delay units; wherein a quantity of the plurality of delay units equals a quantity of the plurality of buffer units; an additional delay unit coupled to a delay unit output of one of the plurality of delay units; and a one-hot decoder coupled to each of the plurality of buffer units, the one-hot decoder configured to enable one and only one of the plurality of buffer units.


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