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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark G Johnson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kevin S Donnelly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Clemenz L Portmann, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327143 ; 327198 ;
Abstract
A pulse generating circuit that includes an unbalanced latch and a feedback circuit. The unbalanced latch is configured to generate a latch signal having a predetermined state in response to application of power to the circuit. The feedback circuit is coupled in a negative feedback arrangement with the unbalanced latch and generates a pulse signal for a predetermined period of time in response to the latch signal.