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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Ryan Fung, Mississauga, CA;
David Lewis, Toronto, CA;
David Neto, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5031 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a metastability-hardened synchronization circuit. The metastability-hardened synchronization circuit includes a plurality of sampling circuits, and a multiplexer. The sampling circuits sample an input signal to generate a plurality of sampled signals. The multiplexer generates an output signal from the plurality of sampled signals.