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- Patent Title: Digital pulse width detection based duty cycle correction
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Application No.: US15226574Application Date: 2016-08-02
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Publication No.: US09673798B1Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Tianyu Tang , Venkatesh Ramachandra , Srinivas Rajendra
- Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/22
- IPC: G11C7/22 ; H03K5/156 ; G11C8/18 ; G11C13/00 ; G11C16/32

Abstract:
Systems and methods for generating periodic signals with reduced duty cycle variation are described. In some cases, a calibration procedure may be performed prior to a memory operation (e.g., prior to a read operation or a programming operation) in which a duty cycle correction circuit receives an input signal (e.g., an input clock signal), steps through various delay settings to determine a first delay setting corresponding with a signal high time for the input signal and a second delay setting corresponding with a signal low time for the input signal, generates a delayed version of the input signal corresponding with a mid-point delay setting between the first delay setting and the second delay setting, and generates a corrected signal using the delayed version of the input signal and the input signal.
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