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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2013
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Bharan Giridhar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Matthew Rudolph Fojtik, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

David Alan Fick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Dennis Michael Sylvester, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

David Theodore Blaauw, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 3/037 (2006.01); H03K 5/13 (2014.01); H03K 5/135 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/0375 (2013.01); H03K 5/133 (2013.01); H03K 5/135 (2013.01);
Abstract

Synchronisation circuitrycomprises a first dynamic circuit stagegenerating a first stage state signal which is pulse amplified by pulse amplifying circuitryto generate a pulse amplified signal. The pulse amplified signal is supplied to a second dynamic circuit stagewhere it is used to control generation of a second stage state signal. The pulse amplifying circuitrycomprises a chain of serially connected skewed invertersThe action of the pulse amplifying circuitryis to reduce the probability of metastability in the output of the second dynamic stage


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