Patent ID: 6664838
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G11C,H03K

Abstract:
An apparatus for generating a compensated percent-of-clock period delayed signal, comprising:a first circuit generating an output indicative of a number of a first plurality of serially coupled delay elements individually having substantially a first delay value and together providing a combined delay related to a period of a clock signal, wherein said clock signal is relatively insensitive to reference voltage and temperature variations and said number varies according to said reference voltage and said temperature variations; and a second circuit coupled to said first circuit and generating a delayed signal by passing a signal to be delayed through a second plurality of serially coupled delay elements individually having substantially a second delay value and together related in number to said number of said first plurality of serially coupled delay elements, wherein said signal to be delayed is a data strobe signal received from a DDR SDRAM and said delayed signal is employed for capturing at least one data signal provided by said DDR SDRAM.