| CPC H03K 17/22 (2013.01) [H03K 3/0375 (2013.01); H03K 5/133 (2013.01); H03K 2005/0015 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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10. A power-up initialization method comprising:
applying, by a delay chain circuit, a predetermined delay amount to a power supply voltage for generating a delayed output voltage; and
generating and outputting at least one power-up initialization signal in response to the delayed output voltage;
wherein a function of the power-up initialization method is process variation independent.
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