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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Grahame K. Reynolds, Southampton, GB;
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/900 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to arbitrate a plurality of input request signals and present one or more first control signals. The second circuit may be configured to control the arbitration in response to an adjustable balance point of the input request signals, where the balance point is adjusted to reduce a metastable state of the first circuit.