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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Eric Iozsef, Toronto, CA;
Hossein Shakiba, Richmond Hill, CA;
Inventors:
Eric Iozsef, Toronto, CA;
Hossein Shakiba, Richmond Hill, CA;
Assignee:
Gennum Corporation, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/03 (2006.01); H03L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tunable ring oscillator, in accordance with the teachings described herein, may include one or more delay circuits having a coarse tuning circuitry and a fine tuning circuitry. The coarse tuning circuitry may be used to set one of a minimum time delay or a maximum time delay as a function of a coarse tuning input. The fine tuning circuitry may be used to adjust between the minimum time delay and the maximum time delay as a function of a fine tuning input.