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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1997
Sanjay Dabral, Milipitas, CA (US);
Dilip K Sampath, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The amount of skew present in a signal delivered over a transmission line is reduced by identifying of the type of data pattern from which a bit of data is being sent and generating a corresponding delay in response to identification of the data pattern is described. The generated delay results in reducing the amount of skew present in the system. In a first configuration, the invention includes first-storage and second-storage mechanisms, a logic gate, first and second delay paths, and a mechanisms for generating an output terminal. The first-storage mechanism stores a first digital signal. The second-storage mechanism stores a second digital signal that occurs in a selected number of clock transitions after the first data signal. The two storage mechanisms are connected to a logic gate. The first storage mechanism is also connected to the first and second delay paths which delay signals sent to them. A generating mechanism is connected to the delay paths and the logic gate and generates an output terminal signal in response to the selection of a digital signal from either the first or second delay path. A second configuration includes bypass circuitry coupled to the generating mechanism and the logic device.