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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Jui-lung Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Shih-huang Huang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Jui-Lung Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Shih-Huang Huang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Assignee:
United Microelectronics Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L007/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for performing a delay lock to generate a second clock according to a first clock and to synchronize the second clock with the first clock is provided. The method has correcting processes executed to increase or decrease, by a correction interval, a delay time between corresponding periods of the first clock and the second clock. The correction interval for a subsequent correcting process is substantially half the previous correction interval of the previous correcting process.