Asynchronous glitchless digital MUX

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PATENT NO 5231636
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07759469

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Circuit and method of glitchless switching between asynchronous data inputs to a digital multiplexer (MUX) by maintaining and conditioning the width of the clock pulse corresponding to a first data input signal so that an output pulse is produced having a pulse width that is never narrower than the narrowest of input signals, i.e., does not produce a narrow-pulse glitch. The circuit comprises select inputs in parallel to both a MUX via a select latch device and to an edge detector having an output pulse triggering a synchronization assembly. The synchronization assembly freezes the output in the last state received from the multiplexer. The select input edge detector freezes the original D0 input at a high state until the new input D1 is cleared through the synchronization assembly.

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NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION A DE CORP2900 SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVE SANTA CLARA CA 95052

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Rasmussen, Richard R Fremont, CA 7 289

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