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Adjustable delay circuit for setting the speed grade of a semiconductor device

US5930182A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 22, 1997
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/401
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit having an adjustable delay circuit such that the timing characteristics of the integrated circuit can be adjusted. A method for adjusting the timing characteristics of the integrated circuit in order to insure that the integrated circuit meets the specifications of a lower speed grade in the event that the integrated circuit fails the specifications of a targeted speed grade.

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