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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
May. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter H. Voss, Aromas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sand Craft, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 1/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 1/126 ;
Abstract
The invention is to provide a programmable delay element that can produce a variable delay with many different delay combinations. The invention creates a variable delay through logic gates. A plurality of transmission gates are used to transfer a signal through a plurality of fixed delay lines. Four parallel coupled signal paths, each path having a fixed delay, form the basis of the invention. By selecting a path or by serially adding successive paths, the desired delay of the signal present on the delay line can be achieved.