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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Jay D. Harker, Denver, CO (US);
Marek J. Marasch, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeff S. Brown, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mark F. Turner, Longmont, CO (US);
Carol A. Anderson, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Jay T. Daugherty, Longmont, CO (US);
Jay D. Harker, Denver, CO (US);
Marek J. Marasch, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeff S. Brown, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mark F. Turner, Longmont, CO (US);
Carol A. Anderson, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Jay T. Daugherty, Longmont, CO (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of designing an integrated circuit, integrated circuits using different drive strengths and a signal integrity monitor are provide herein. In one embodiment, the signal integrity monitor includes: (1) a signal interface configured to receive a signal from a parallel data bus for transmission over a plurality of signal paths and (2) a victim signal identifier configured to dynamically determine a potential victim signal path of the plurality of signal paths.