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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas Elmer Wallace, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
James Bryce Mobley, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9003 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9003 ;
Abstract
A circuit for detecting ground bounce and for using the detection information to reduce data error resulting therefrom is described. In one embodiment an on-chip ground bounce detector circuit detects large ground bounce events caused by the simultaneous switching of I/O buffers of the chip and notifies an on-chip logic circuit of the event The on-chip logic circuit can be implemented to take a variety of actions upon receipt of notification from the detection circuit that a ground bounce has been detected.