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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan A. Schmitt, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Roger L. Roisen, Minnetrista, MN (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 2/700 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a plurality of serially coupled delay cells configured to generate an output signal having a frequency varied in response to a control signal. Each of the delay cells may be configured to generate one or more intermediate signals in response to the control signal and present the intermediate signals to a next of the delay cells. One or more next to the last of the intermediate signals may be fed back to a first of the delay cells. One or more last of the intermediate signals may be presented as the output signal.