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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Inventors:
Juri Giovannone, Cemobbio, IT;
Valeria Bottarel, Novara, IT;
Marco Terenzi, San Martino Siccomario, IT;
Sandro Rossi, Pavia, IT;
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H03K 5/135 (2006.01); H03K 5/14 (2014.01); H03L 7/081 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0045 (2013.01); H03K 5/135 (2013.01); H03K 5/14 (2013.01); H03L 7/0814 (2013.01); H04L 7/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract
The operation of a circuit exhibiting a delay that is subject to a time spread as a function of process, voltage, and temperature variations is synchronized with a synchronization signal. A digital delay corresponding to the time spread is applied to the synchronization signal. The digital delay is generated via cascaded delay elements having respective delay values and by controlling the number of cascaded delay elements in the circuit that are applied to the synchronization signal.