Delay apparatus and method thereof
US7403056B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03L7/0814
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a delay apparatus for delaying an input signal by a predetermined delay amount, including: a plurality of delay units for respectively delaying the input signal by the predetermined delay amount, each delay unit having a plurality of delay cells for respectively delaying the input signal by a certain delay period; and a sub decoding unit for generating a plurality of sub control signals to each of the delay units according to a first control signal and a selecting signal, wherein only delay cell of all the delay units is outputted at a time according to the sub controls signals.
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