Extracting a Maximum Pulse Width of a Pulse Width Limiter

摘要

An apparatus for extracting a maximum pulse width of a pulse width limiter is provided. The apparatus performs such extraction using a circuit that is configured to eliminate a majority of delay cells. The elimination of delay cells is made possible by replacing an OR gate in the circuit configuration with an edge triggered re-settable latch. The replacement of the OR gate with the edge triggered re-settable latch reduces the amount of chip area used in addition to the power consumption of the circuit.