EP0057351A3 - Circuit for delay normalisation of interconnected semiconductor circuits - Google Patents

Circuit for delay normalisation of interconnected semiconductor circuits Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0057351A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: normalisation; delay; circuit; semiconductor circuits; interconnected semiconductor
Prior art date: 1981-01-29
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP82100160A

Other languages

German (de)

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EP0057351A2 (en

EP0057351B1 (en

Inventor

Jack Arthur Dorler

Michael Owen Jenkins

Joseph Michael Mosley

Stephen Douglas Weitzel

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International Business Machines Corp

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International Business Machines Corp

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1981-01-29

Filing date

1982-01-12

Publication date

1982-09-01

1982-01-12 Application filed by International Business Machines Corp filed Critical International Business Machines Corp

1982-08-11 Publication of EP0057351A2 publication Critical patent/EP0057351A2/en

1982-09-01 Publication of EP0057351A3 publication Critical patent/EP0057351A3/en

1984-07-04 Application granted granted Critical

1984-07-04 Publication of EP0057351B1 publication Critical patent/EP0057351B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
- G05F—SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- G05F1/00—Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems
- G05F1/10—Regulating voltage or current
- G05F1/46—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc
- G05F1/462—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc as a function of the requirements of the load, e.g. delay, temperature, specific voltage/current characteristic
- G05F1/466—Sources with reduced influence on propagation delay

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Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
Logic Circuits (AREA)
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EP82100160A 1981-01-29 1982-01-12 Circuit for delay normalisation of interconnected semiconductor circuits Expired EP0057351B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US06/229,417 US4383216A (en)	1981-01-29	1981-01-29	AC Measurement means for use with power control means for eliminating circuit to circuit delay differences
US229417		1981-01-29

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0057351A2 EP0057351A2 (en)	1982-08-11
EP0057351A3 true EP0057351A3 (en)	1982-09-01
EP0057351B1 EP0057351B1 (en)	1984-07-04

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP82100160A Expired EP0057351B1 (en)	1981-01-29	1982-01-12	Circuit for delay normalisation of interconnected semiconductor circuits

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4383216A (en)
EP (1)	EP0057351B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS57140033A (en)
DE (1)	DE3260302D1 (en)

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1981
- 1981-01-29 US US06/229,417 patent/US4383216A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1981-12-11 JP JP56198691A patent/JPS57140033A/en active Granted
1982
- 1982-01-12 DE DE8282100160T patent/DE3260302D1/en not_active Expired
- 1982-01-12 EP EP82100160A patent/EP0057351B1/en not_active Expired

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IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, Digest of Technical Papers, Band 19, Nr. 19, 18. Februar 1976, New York (US) G.M. BLASER u.a.: "Substrate and Load Gate Voltage Compensation" seiten 56, 57 * insgesamt * *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0057351A2 (en)	1982-08-11
EP0057351B1 (en)	1984-07-04
US4383216A (en)	1983-05-10
JPS57140033A (en)	1982-08-30
JPH0315381B2 (en)	1991-02-28
DE3260302D1 (en)	1984-08-09

Publication	Publication Date	Title
DE3175288D1 (en)	1986-10-16	Circuit for delay normalisation of interconnected semiconductor chips
DE3279013D1 (en)	1988-10-13	Semiconductor integrated circuit
GB2075752B (en)	1984-05-23	Semiconductor integrated circuits
GB8500176D0 (en)	1985-02-13	Semiconductor integrated circuit
DE3279429D1 (en)	1989-03-09	Semiconductor integrated memory circuit
JPS5588428A (en)	1980-07-04	Signal delay equalizer circuit for semiconductor chip
DE3176601D1 (en)	1988-02-11	Semiconductor memory circuit
DE3260302D1 (en)	1984-08-09	Circuit for delay normalisation of interconnected semiconductor circuits
GB2091459B (en)	1985-09-11	Semiconductor integrated circuit
GB2126782B (en)	1986-06-25	Semiconductor integrated circuit devices
GB8329430D0 (en)	1983-12-07	Semiconductor circuit element
DE3272424D1 (en)	1986-09-11	Semiconductor integrated circuit
IE810294L (en)	1981-08-16	Semiconductor memory circuit
EP0073726A3 (en)	1984-11-07	Semi-conductor memory circuit
DE3275613D1 (en)	1987-04-09	Semiconductor circuit
DE3264963D1 (en)	1985-09-05	Semiconductor integrated circuit
GB2133929B (en)	1986-07-02	Semiconductor integrated circuit
GB2154061B (en)	1986-04-09	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor circuit devices
JPS57178406A (en)	1982-11-02	Semiconductor circuit
EP0239913A3 (en)	1988-03-30	Semiconductor memory circuit
GB8301731D0 (en)	1983-02-23	Semiconductor integrated circuit
GB8317520D0 (en)	1983-08-03	Semiconductor switching circuits
GB2135549B (en)	1985-03-20	Semiconductor integrated circuits
SG40987G (en)	1987-07-17	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor circuit devices
DE3173270D1 (en)	1986-01-30	Semiconductor logic circuits

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