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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2002
Applicants:

Alireza S. Kaviani, San Jose, CA (US);

Patrick T. Lynch, Edenderry, IE;

Paul G. Hyland, Naas, IE;

Patrick J. Crotty, San Jose, CA (US);

Tao Pi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alireza S. Kaviani, San Jose, CA (US);

Patrick T. Lynch, Edenderry, IE;

Paul G. Hyland, Naas, IE;

Patrick J. Crotty, San Jose, CA (US);

Tao Pi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 1126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus for reducing power dissipation and jitter in a delay line is described. The delay line includes a plurality of delay elements. At least one of the plurality of delay elements includes a gate terminal configured to receive gate control signals for activating or deactivating one or more of the delay elements. The delay line further includes gate control circuitry for providing gate control signals to the gate terminal of at least one of the plurality of delay elements.


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