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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Grahame K. Reynolds, Southampton, GB;
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising an arbiter cell and a delay logic circuit. The arbiter cell may be configured to receive a plurality of request signals and provide two or more grant signals. The delay logic circuit may be configured to interface the arbiter cell and force each of the plurality of request signals to be serviced in succession when a metastable state occurs.