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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gordon Chiu, North York, CA;

Navid Azizi, Moses Crescent, CA;

Assignee:

ALTERA CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); H03M 13/33 (2006.01); H04L 12/70 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/108 (2013.01); H03M 13/336 (2013.01); H04L 2012/5674 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, computer-readable mediums and systems for reducing transistor recovery are disclosed. Data which toggles at least one bit may be periodically communicated over a data path, where toggling of at least one bit may effectively reset the recovery period for any transistors in the data path associated with the at least one bit. Timing uncertainty associated with a given transistor may be reduced by limiting the amount of recovery experienced by the transistor. Accordingly, recovery of transistors in a data path may be limited to predetermined amount by toggling bits of the data path at a predetermined frequency, thereby reducing timing uncertainty and allowing a smaller system margin and/or higher data transmission speeds.


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