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Correction of delay-based metric measurements using delay circuits having differing metric sensitivities
 
   
Document Number
US Patent 7548823
Issued Date
June 16, 2009
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Correction of delay-based metric measurements using delay circuits having differing metric sensitivities provides improved accuracy for environmental and other circuit metric measurements that used delay lines. A delay line measurement, which may be a one-shot measurement or a ring oscillator frequency measurement is performed either simultaneously or sequentially using at least two delay lines that have differing sensitivities to a particular metric under measurement. A correction circuit or algorithm uses the measured delays or ring oscillator frequencies and corrects at least one of the metric measurements determined from one of the delays or ring oscillator frequencies in conformity with the other delay or ring oscillator frequency. The delays may be inverter chains, with one chain having a higher sensitivity to supply voltage than the other delay chain, with the other delay chain having a higher sensitivity to temperature. Temperature results can then be corrected for supply voltage variation and vice-versa.
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Published
June 16, 2009
Application Number
11/750,385
Filed
May 18, 2007
US Classification
702/79   700/306 702/136 702/57
Int'l Classification
G01R   29/00   (20060101)  
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Assistant Examiner
USPTO Field of Search
702/79   702/80  
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