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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
May. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Niall O'Hearcain, Dun Laoghaire, IE;
Darren Naughton, Drumcondra, IE;
Assignee:
Parthus Technologies PLC, Dublin, IE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method for determining whether to trigger a reset of a delay locked loop (“DLL”) comprising calculating the difference in time between a reference clock and a delay clock; comparing the difference in time to the amount of time required for a reset signal to reset said DLL; and generating the reset signal to reset the DLL if the reset time is less than the difference in time between the reference clock and the delayed clock.