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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Alessandro Minzoni, Xi'an, CN;

Jonghee Han, Cary, NC (US);

Inventors:

Alessandro Minzoni, Xi'an, CN;

Jonghee Han, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A synchronous output signal generated by an integrated circuit (IC) component is synchronized to an applied clock signal for each individual IC component. A variable feedback delay in the IC component is incrementally altered to alter the phase skew between the clock signal and the output signal. The relative phase order of the clock and output signals is monitored in the IC component. In response to detecting a swap in the relative phase order of the clock and output signals, the variable feedback delay ceases to be altered. In some embodiments, the IC component may be a SDRAM component.


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