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Microcomputer system including a microprocessor reset circuit

CA 2016401 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Begun, Ralph M.

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A microprocessor based computer system is provided which includes a reset circuit having a phase error detector for detecting a phase error between an initial reset signal and a clock signal provided to the microprocessor clock input. The reset circuit further includes a phase error corrector for adjusting the phase of the clock signal if a phase error is detected so as to substantially minimize the phase error. The reset circuit includes a reset signal regenerator for providing a new reset signal to the reset input of the microprocessor when the phase of the clock signal is adjusted.

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  • Filed May 9, 1990 and granted January 11, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 9, 2010.
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FiledMay 9, 1990
GrantedJanuary 11, 1994
Term endedMay 9, 2010
Patent numberCA 2016401 C
Classification (IPC)G06F1/24 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 9, 1990Patent grantedJan 11, 1994Term endedMay 9, 2010

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