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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2004
Jonathan Schmitt, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Roger L. Roisen, Minnetrista, MN (US);
Jonathan Schmitt, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Roger L. Roisen, Minnetrista, MN (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A delay locked loop generates a voltage on a common node as a function of a phase difference between a reference input and a feedback input. A first voltage-controlled delay line coupled between the reference input and the feedback input and has a first delay, which is controlled by the voltage on the common node. A second voltage-controlled delay line is selectively coupled in series with the first delay line, between the reference input and the feedback input, as a function of a test control input. The second delay line has a second delay, which is controlled by the voltage on the common node.