Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal buffering and retiming circuit for multiple memories
- Patent Title (中): 用于多个存储器的信号缓冲和重新定时电路
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Application No.: US11601998Application Date: 2006-11-20
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Publication No.: US07685454B2Publication Date: 2010-03-23
- Inventor: William P. Cornelius , Tony S. El-Kik , Stephen A. Masnica , Parag Parikh , Anthony W. Seaman
- Applicant: William P. Cornelius , Tony S. El-Kik , Stephen A. Masnica , Parag Parikh , Anthony W. Seaman
- Applicant Address: US PA Allentown
- Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
- Current Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Allentown
- Agency: Mendelsohn, Drucker & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Steve Mendelsohn
- Main IPC: G06F1/12
- IPC: G06F1/12 ; H04L7/00

Abstract:
A signal buffering and retiming (SBR) circuit for a plurality of memory devices. A PLL-based clock generator generates a set of phase-shifted clock signals from a received host clock signal. Each of a plurality of phase selectors independently selects a subset of contiguous clock signals from the set of phase-shifted clock signals. Each subset of contiguous clock signals is applied to a different set of one or more verniers, each vernier independently selecting one of the contiguous clock signals as its retiming clock signal for use in generating either (1) an output clock signal or a retimed bit of address or control data for one or more of the memory devices or (2) a feedback clock signal for the PLL-based clock generator. The SBR circuit can be designed to satisfy relatively stringent signal timing requirements related to skew and delay.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080013663A1 Signal buffering and retiming circuit for multiple memories Public/Granted day:2008-01-17
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