Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Programmable clock skewing for timing closure
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Application No.: US17112470Application Date: 2020-12-04
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Publication No.: US11121707B2Publication Date: 2021-09-14
- Inventor: Harsha Krishnamurthy
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Lawrence J. Merkel
- Main IPC: H03K5/13
- IPC: H03K5/13 ; G06F1/08 ; G06F30/398 ; H03K5/00 ; G06F119/12

Abstract:
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit may be designed using a library of clocked circuits that have programmable clock delays that may be inserted on the clock input to the clocked circuits. During the design process, timing paths which are challenging due to significant variations across operating states, process corners, and/or temperature may be met by using the clocked circuits with programmable delays and inserting a delay control circuit that programs the delays based on the current operating state, process corner used to manufacture the integrated circuit, and/or temperature. That is, different delays may be selected by the delay control circuit depending on inputs that identify the operating state, the process corner, and/or the temperature. Because the clock delay is intentionally skewed, the timing of the path may be different at different operating states, temperatures, or process corners and thus may meet timing by changing the clock skew during operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210091760A1 Programmable Clock Skewing for Timing Closure Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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