Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resonant clock distribution network architecture for tracking parameter variations in conventional clock distribution networks
-
Application No.: US12903188Application Date: 2010-10-12
-
Publication No.: US08358163B2Publication Date: 2013-01-22
- Inventor: Marios C. Papaefthymiou , Alexander Ishii
- Applicant: Marios C. Papaefthymiou , Alexander Ishii
- Applicant Address: US CA Berkeley
- Assignee: Cyclos Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cyclos Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Berkeley
- Agency: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/04
- IPC: G06F1/04

Abstract:
A resonant clock distribution network architecture is proposed that enables a resonant clock network to track the impact of parameter variations on the insertion delay of a conventional clock distribution network, thus limiting clock skew between the two networks and yielding increased performance. Such a network is generally applicable to semiconductor devices with various clock frequencies, and high-performance and low-power clocking requirements such as microprocessors, ASICs, and SOCs.
Public/Granted literature
Information query