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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1997
Bruno Werner Garlepp, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pak Shing Chau, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin S Donnelly, San Francisco, CA (US);
Clemenz Portmann, Cupertino, CA (US);
Donald C Stark, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Stanford, CA (US);
Leung Yu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Benedict Chung-Kwong Lau, San Jose, CA (US);
Roxanne Vu, San Jose, CA (US);
Rambus Inc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for an adjustable phase interpolator is provided. The adjustable phase interpolator includes a phase interpolator circuit that has a voltage input and a voltage output. The adjustable phase interpolator further includes a controllable capacitive load coupled to either the input or the output of the phase interpolator circuit. The controllable capacitive load is designed to add or subtract capacitance to the adjustable phase interpolator.