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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Rick A Philpott, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An integrated delay line calibration method and apparatus are provided for a direct access storage device (DASD). A delay line, such as used in a direct access storage device (DASD) is calibrated by configuring the delay line as a ring oscillator for calibration. A delay line ring frequency is compared to a reference frequency. The delay of the delay line is adjusted until the delay line ring frequency and the reference frequency are equal. Each delay block within the delay line is controlled by a delay adjust digital-to-analog converter (DAC). A control logic circuit couples N-bit words to the delay adjust digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for calibration adjustment of the delay line delay.