Apparatus and method for automatically self-calibrating a...

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery – Pulse or data error handling – Digital logic testing

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C327S175000

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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for automatically calibrating a duty cycle circuit for maximum performance. A chip level built-in circuit automatically calibrates the duty cycle correction (DCC) circuit setting for each chip. The chip level built-in circuit includes a clock generation macro unit, a simple duty cycle correction (DCC) circuit, an array slice and built-in self test unit, and a DCC circuit controller. A built-in self test provides results, i.e. pass or fail, of an array to the DCC circuit controller. If the result of the built-in self test is a pass, then the current DCC circuit controller's DCC control bit setting is set as the setting for the chip. If the result from the built-in self test is a fail, the DCC circuit controller's DCC control bits setting is incremented to a next setting and the self-test is performed again.

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