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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David R. Brown, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 1/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 1/126 ;
Abstract
A system and method for providing a programmable delay to an input signal in a device requiring setup and hold times for input signal, such as a DRAM device. In one embodiment, the programmable delay network,comprises a plurality of delay devices and at least one fuse connected between the input of the delay network,and the output of the delay network,. Each fuse can connect in series with at least one delay device in such a manner that opening a fuse, or a combination of fuses, changes the amount of delay time the input signal experiences through the delay network.