Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal deskewing system for synchronous logic circuit
- Patent Title (中): 用于同步逻辑电路的信号歪斜校正系统
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Application No.: US582448Application Date: 1996-01-03
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Publication No.: US5696951APublication Date: 1997-12-09
- Inventor: Charles A. Miller
- Applicant: Charles A. Miller
- Applicant Address: CA Fremont
- Assignee: Credence Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Credence Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: CA Fremont
- Main IPC: G01R31/319
- IPC: G01R31/319 ; G06F1/10 ; G06F1/12
Abstract:
A global clock signal is distributed from its source to each module of a distributed synchronous logic circuit via two separate transmission lines. Portions of the two transmission lines extending between the clock signal source and each module are of similar length but have dissimilar velocities of signal propagation. A resulting phase difference between corresponding pulses of the global clock signal arriving at each module via the two transmission lines is proportional to the length of the transmission lines, and is therefore proportional to the inherent clock signal delay in either transmission line. A deskewing circuit at each module further delays the global clock signal after it arrives at the module on a first of the two transmission lines to produce a local clock signal at the module. The deskewing circuit at each module detects the phase difference between global clock signal pulses arriving at the module on the two transmission lines to determine the inherent delay of the first transmission line and then adjusts the local clock delay so that the sum of the inherent delay and local clock delay equals a standard delay. With the standard delay the same for all modules, the local clock signals produced at all modules are in phase with one another.
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