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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:
Nov. 01, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Fertsch, Oceanside, CA (US);

Ashwin Sethuram, San Clemente, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/134 (2014.01); H03L 7/089 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/134 (2014.07); H03L 7/0891 (2013.01); H03L 7/0995 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00019 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00195 (2013.01);
Abstract

A delay element including a first set of field effect transistors (FETs) with gates configured to receive a first control voltage; a second set of FETs coupled in series with the first set of FETs between a first voltage rail and a first node, respectively, the second set of FETs include gates configured to receive a set of complementary select signals, respectively; a third set of FETs including gates configured to receive a set of non-complementary select signals, respectively; a fourth set of FETs coupled in series with the third set of FETs between a second node and a second voltage rail, respectively, the fourth set of FETs including gates configured to receive a second control voltage; and an inverter coupled between the first node and the second node, the inverter including an input configured to receive an input signal and an output configured to produce an output signal.


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