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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Terence J. Magee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Hughes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hui-yin Seto, San Jose, CA (US);
Terence J. Magee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Hughes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hui-Yin Seto, San Jose, CA (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for glitch-free updates of a standard cell-based programmable delay including the steps of (A) generating an output signal in response to an input signal and a plurality of first control signals and (B) generating the plurality of first control signals in response to the output signal and a plurality of second control signals. The output signal may include a delayed version of the input signal. An amount of delay between the input signal and the output signal may be determined based upon the plurality of first control signals.