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Delay apparatus and method thereof

US7403056B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 2006
Grant dateJul 22, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2026

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  • 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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