Analog-to-digital converter or digital-to-analog converter data path with deterministic latency

A circuit system comprising:

• an analog-to-digital converter circuit;
• a measurement circuit that generates a first measurement of a first latency of a first data path that comprises the analog-to-digital converter circuit;
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• a first variable latency circuit coupled to the first data path, wherein the first variable latency circuit generates a delayed signal that is delayed relative to an input signal, and wherein the first variable latency circuit causes the delayed signal to have a first deterministic latency that is based on a difference between a maximum latency of the first data path and the first measurement of the first latency of the first data path.

A method for generating a deterministic latency for a first data path that comprises a digital-to-analog converter circuit, the method comprising:

• measuring a second latency of a second data path through the first data path and a third data path, wherein the third data path comprises an analog-to-digital converter circuit;
• determining a third latency of the first data path using a variable latency circuit based on a first difference between the second latency of the second data path and a fourth latency of the third data path;
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• generating the deterministic latency in a first output signal of the variable latency circuit based on a second difference between a maximum latency of the first data path and the third latency of the first data path.