Measurement of signal propagation delay using arbiters
US6111436A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K5/19
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Arbiter circuits placed between two signal path segments on a semiconductor chip to measure the difference in propagation delay between those paths at their beginning and end. Each arbiter circuit has two inputs, and outputs signals indicating which of its inputs is the first to receive a leading edge of an input transition. External circuitry monitors the arbiter outputs, and accordingly controls the application of the input transitions. By varying the delay of the input signal paths, the relative propagation delay can be determined.
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