Control circuit and control method

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of many man-hours being required for a hardware engineer to adjust a resistance value such that the rise time of a signal input to an LSI body falls within a defined range. To solve this problem, the present invention provides a control circuit provided with: a conductive wire for transmitting an input electric signal to an integrated circuit; a resistance circuit which has a variable resistance value and which is connected to the conductive wire and grounded; a measurement means for measuring a rise time of the electric signal transmitted through the conductive wire, that is, the amount of time it takes for the voltage value of the electric signal to reach a predetermined second voltage value from a predetermined first voltage value, said predetermined second voltage value being higher than the first voltage value; and a control means for changing the resistance value of the resistance circuit to a value which is lower by a specific amount when the time measured by the measurement means is shorter than the minimum time of a predetermined time range, and changing the resistance value to a value which is higher by a specific amount when the time measured by the measurement means is longer than the maximum time of the predetermined time range. The control means outputs a predetermined signal upon having changed the resistance value a predetermined number of times.

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