Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for clock skew control with low jitter in an integrated circuit
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Application No.: US16037697Application Date: 2018-07-17
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Publication No.: US10348278B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Andreas Arp , Fatih Cilek , Andre Hertwig , Michael Koch , Matthias Ringe
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Steven Meyers, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03H11/26
- IPC: H03H11/26 ; H03K5/05 ; G06F1/10

Abstract:
An apparatus of performing a clock skew adjustment between at least first and second clock signals includes first and second skew sensors and a skew controller. The first skew sensor receives a third clock signal obtained by delaying the first clock signal by a first delay and a fourth clock signal obtained by delaying the second clock signal by a second delay, and generates first information based on the third and fourth clock signals. The second skew sensor receives a fifth clock signal obtained by delaying the first clock signal by a third delay and a sixth clock signal obtained by delaying the second clock signal by a fourth delay, and generates second information based on the fifth and sixth clock signals. Each of the first and second information varies depending on the clock skew. The skew controller performs the clock skew adjustment based on the first and second information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180323773A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOCK SKEW CONTROL WITH LOW JITTER IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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