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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Shawn Searles, Austin, TX (US);
Donald Walters, Austin, TX (US);
Ravinder Rachala, Austin, TX (US);
Scott C. Johnson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Shawn Searles, Austin, TX (US);
Donald Walters, Austin, TX (US);
Ravinder Rachala, Austin, TX (US);
Scott C. Johnson, Round Rock, TX (US);
GlobalFoundries, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A system and method for using variable delay adjusters located at various points across an integrated circuit to measure clock skew and jitter for clock signals of the integrated circuit. A delay controller of the integrated circuit may measure and compensate for clock skew detected between two clock signals by configuring variable delay adjusters located inline with the respective clock signals. Such a delay controller may also use the variable delay adjusters to correct duty cycle errors in a clock signal and may further utilize the variable delay adjusters to measure and characterize jitter detected on the clock signals.