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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1984
Laurence P Flora, Covina, CA (US);
Michael A McCullough, Pasadena, CA (US);
Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for automatically adjusting the propagation time delay of an electrical circuit, such as an integrated circuit chip. In a preferred embodiment, automatic de-skewing circuitry is provided on each of a plurality of clock distribution chips for de-skewing the clock outputs from different chips. In a preferred implementation of the de-skewing circuitry, feedback circuitry including a multi-tapped delay line and an accurate constant delay are employed in conjunction with a phase comparator for automatically adjusting the propagation delay of each chip to provide substantially the same constant delay relative to a main system clock for the clock outputs provided by the clock distribution chips.