Clock control circuit
Abstract
An external clock signal CK is input to a buffer (13), which generates an internal clock signal CLK having a skew of D1 with respect to the external clock signal CK. The internal clock signal is input first to a delay circuit (32) which has a delay time A, then to a delay array which provides a delay time D2, and finally to a delay circuit (34) which has a delay time of D2. The delay circuit (34) generates a corrected internal clock signal CK' which is synchronous with the external clock signal CK. The delay array is composed of delay units (33-1 to 33-n), each having a state-holding section. The state-holding section of any delay unit that has passed a forward pulse is set in a predetermined state. Once its state-holding section is set in the predetermined state, the delay unit provides a correct delay time of 2 × Δ.

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| EP0720291A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | PA | Search report | 1 |
| US5402389A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 27 |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 096, no. 002 29 February 1996 (1996-02-29) | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
| BURSKY D: "MEMORIES HIT NEW HIGHS AND CLOCKS RUN JITTER-FREE", ELECTRONIC DESIGN, vol. 44, no. 4, 19 February 1996 (1996-02-19), pages 79/80, 84/85, 89/90, 92/93, XP000580214 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
| SAEKI T ET AL: "A 2.5-NS CLOCK ACCESS, 250-MHZ, 256-MB SDRAM WITH SYNCHRONOUS MIRROR DELAY", IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, vol. 31, no. 11, November 1996 (1996-11-01), pages 1656 - 1668, XP000691450 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
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- Application
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- Application, DOCDB
- 97106716
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19970106716
Titles3
- German
- Taktsteuerungsschaltung
- English
- Clock control circuit
- French
- Circuit de commande de temporisation
Classification
- CPC, 3
- G11C7/225
- G11C7/22
- G11C7/222
- IPC, 7
- G11C11 407
- G06F1 10
- G06F13 42
- G11C7 22
- G11C19 00
- H03K5 135
- H03L7 00
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- United Kingdom