Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit with clock distribution
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Application No.: US16636695Application Date: 2017-08-11
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Publication No.: US10775835B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Christian Elgaard , Magnus Åström , Fredrik Tillman
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/070425 WO 20170811
- International Announcement: WO2019/029819 WO 20190214
- Main IPC: G06F1/10
- IPC: G06F1/10 ; H04B1/04 ; H03K5/135 ; G06F1/06

Abstract:
An integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) is disclosed, which is configured to be connected to an antenna module (3) having multiple antenna elements (17). The integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) comprises a plurality of communications circuits (50j), each of which is configured to be connected to an antenna element (17) of the antenna module (3). It also comprises a first clock input terminal (551) configured to receive a reference clock signal from outside the integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) and a first clock-distribution network (601) connected between the first clock input terminal (551) and a first subset (651) of the communication circuits (50j). Furthermore, it comprises a second clock input terminal (552) configured to receive a reference clock signal from outside the integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) and a second clock-distribution network (601) connected between the second clock input terminal (552) and a second subset (652) of the communication circuits (50j).
Public/Granted literature
- US20200241590A1 Integrated Circuit with Clock Distribution Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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