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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Subrata Mandal, Orangevale, CA (US);
Mirza Jahan, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/9003 ; H03H 1/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; H03K 1/9003 ; H03H 1/126 ;
Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention, a method is provided in which an input signal is received at a first node of a buffer circuit. The propagation of the input signal from the first node to a second node in the buffer circuit is delayed by a delay period based upon a first control input. The delay period is adjusted by a factor based upon a second control input.