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Variable width pulse generator

US6204714A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 1998
Grant dateMar 20, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K2005/00058
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A variable width pulse generator. The pulse generator includes a pulse circuit responsive to a reset signal to provide a pulse circuit signal. A variable delay reset loop path, coupled to the pulse circuit, is responsive to the pulse circuit signal to provide the reset signal. A control signal may vary the width of a pulse generated by the circuit by varying the length of a delay associated with the reset loop path. Both a coarse control signal, such as a signal that selectively removes a logic element in the reset loop path, and a fine control signal, such as a signal that controls a tunable delay element in the reset loop path, may be used to adjust the pulse width.

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