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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony S. Rowell, Irchester, GB;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/20 ; H03H 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 7/20 ; H03H 7/38 ;
Abstract
A circuit ( ) generates one or more signals to be delayed by a corresponding time intervals. Tapped delay lines ( ) are coupled to the signals, each tapped delay line including a plurality of delay elements ( ) and having a plurality of exit points (E) through which said signal may propagate. A test circuit ( ) determines a delay associated with a delay element in the circuit and selects one of said exit points of each of said tapped delay lines based on said delay.