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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuhiko Tsukikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/00 ;
Abstract
A delay locked loop (DLL) employs a gray code (an alternate code) counter as a delay register. Preventing a carry from arising at more than one bit can minimize skipping of delay time (discontinuous skipping thereof) if a metastable state should occur.