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Patent No.:

US 7759980 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Jerry C. Kao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jente B. Kuang, Austin, TX (US);

Alan J. Drake, Round Rock, TX (US);

Gary D. Carpenter, Austin, TX (US);

Fadi H. Gebara, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jerry C. Kao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jente B. Kuang, Austin, TX (US);

Alan J. Drake, Round Rock, TX (US);

Gary D. Carpenter, Austin, TX (US);

Fadi H. Gebara, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A circular edge detector on an integrated circuit including a plurality of edge detector cells, each of the plurality of edge detector cells having an input select block operable to receive a data signal and a previous cell signal and to generate a present cell signal, and a state capture block operably connected to receive the present cell signal. The present cell signal of each of the plurality of edge detector cells is provided to a next of the plurality of edge detector cells as the previous cell signal for the next of the plurality of edge detector cells, and the present cell signal from a last edge detector cell is provided to a first edge detector cell as the previous cell signal for the first edge detector cell.


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Kao, Jerry. (2010). Circular edge detector for measuring timing of data signals (U.S. Patent No. 7759980). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7759980

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