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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Gilbert H. Herbeck, Livermore, CA (US);
Gregoire J. Le Grand de Mercey, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yair R. Koren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jung Wan Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed in which a clock signal may propagate through a delay circuit. The delay circuit may include a first and a second delay stage, in which each delay stage may be programmable for one of two delay times, depending on a value of a respective control signal to each delay stage. The delay circuit may also include circuitry which may change the value of the respective control signal from a first value to a second value. The circuitry may change the value of the respective control signal responsive to a determination that an output of the first stage and an output of the second stage are equal.