Inventors:
Bonnie I. Wang - Cupertino CA, US
Joseph Huang - San Jose CA, US
Chiakang Sung - Milpitas CA, US
Xiaobao Wang - Santa Clara CA, US
In Whan Kim - Santa Clara CA, US
Wayne Yeung - San Francisco CA, US
Khai Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Altera Corporation - San Jose CA
International Classification:
H03L 7/095
Abstract:
A circuit provides a programmable phase shift feature, where the phase shift is programmably selectable by a user. This circuitry may be incorporated in a programmable logic device (PLD) or field programmable gate array (FPGA) to provide additional programmability features. The programmable phase shift circuitry may be implemented within a phase locked loop (PLL) or delay locked loop (DLL) circuit. In an implementation, the programmable phase shift circuitry is implemented using two programmable counters.