Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for clock skew control with low jitter in an integrated circuit
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Application No.: US16653021Application Date: 2019-10-15
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Publication No.: US10651834B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- 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 N clock signals. 2(N−1) skew sensors are configured as successive pairs k, each pair k having a first skew sensor and a second skew sensor. 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. A skew controller performs the clock skew adjustment based on the first and second information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200044636A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOCK SKEW CONTROL WITH LOW JITTER IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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