Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit and method for measuring delay of high speed signals
- Patent Title (中): 用于测量高速信号延迟的电路和方法
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Application No.: US10991365Application Date: 2004-11-19
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Publication No.: US07453255B2Publication Date: 2008-11-18
- Inventor: Stephen K. Sunter , Aubin P. J. Roy
- Applicant: Stephen K. Sunter , Aubin P. J. Roy
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: LogicVision, Inc.
- Current Assignee: LogicVision, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Eugene E. Prouix; Dennis S. K. Leung
- Main IPC: G06M1/10
- IPC: G06M1/10 ; G06F1/04

Abstract:
A method and circuit for measuring a time interval between transitions of periodic signals at nodes of a circuit-under-test (CUT), the signals having a periodic clock frequency, the method includes periodically latching a digital value of a first periodic signal at edges of an undersampling clock, simultaneously periodically latching a digital value of a second periodic signal at edges of the undersampling clock, combining the latched digital values of the first and second periodic signals to produce a combined output whose duty cycle is proportional to the time interval between a median edge of latched digital values of the first periodic signal and a median edge of latched digital values of the second periodic signal; and counting the number of undersampling clock cycles in which the combined output is a predetermined logic value within a predetermined time interval whereat the number is proportional to a time interval between a transition of the first periodic signal and a transition of the second periodic signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050111537A1 Circuit and method for measuring delay of high speed signals Public/Granted day:2005-05-26
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