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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2006
Applicants:

Ali Burney, Fremont, CA (US);

Sanjay K. Charagulla, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Burney, Fremont, CA (US);

Sanjay K. Charagulla, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Integrated circuits such as programmable logic device integrated circuits with memory interface circuitry are provided. The memory interface circuitry measures the timing characteristics of an associated memory during a series of dummy read operations. A multiplexer and phase detector are used to measure phase shifts of memory group clock signals compared to a system clock signal. The memory interface circuitry uses these measurements to adjust a delay-locked-loop circuit. The delay-locked-loop circuit produces a capture clock that is used to read data from the memory.


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