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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016

Filed:

May. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Naviasky, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Thomas E. Wilson, Laurel, MD (US);

Assignee:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/12 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided which incrementally samples and delays a signal passed through a transmission channel thereto. A receiver section is provided with a delay stage including a sample storage portion having a plurality of capacitors. A switch portion selectively switches the capacitors to respectively store incremental samples of the signal received through the channel. A clock source is provided to generate a plurality of periodic clock signals progressively shifted by a predefined clock phase increment. The clock source drives the switch portion to synchronously cycle the capacitors through at least sample and readout modes of operation, which are mutually offset in time by a preselected number of clock phase increments. The received signal is collectively reconstructed from the incremental samples of the capacitors, such that the reconstructed signal is delayed by the preselected number of clock phase increments.


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