Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Configurable clock network for programmable logic device
- Patent Title (中): 可编程逻辑器件的可配置时钟网络
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Application No.: US13558904Application Date: 2012-07-26
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Publication No.: US08441314B1Publication Date: 2013-05-14
- Inventor: Gregory Starr , Kang Wei Lai , Richard Y. Chang
- Applicant: Gregory Starr , Kang Wei Lai , Richard Y. Chang
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Ropes & Gray LLP
- Agent Jeffrey H. Ingerman
- Main IPC: H01L25/00
- IPC: H01L25/00

Abstract:
In a programmable logic device having high-speed serial interface channels, a clock distribution network for providing one or more high-speed clocks to dynamic phase alignment circuitry of those high-speed serial interfaces includes at least one bus that is segmentable (e.g. using tristatable buffers). This allows the bus to be divided into different portions that can be connected to different clock sources when the high-speed serial interfaces are running at different speeds. In one embodiment, the segmenting elements (e.g., the aforementioned buffers) are located between selected channels (e.g., every fourth channel), limiting the size of the different segments. In another embodiment, segmenting elements are located between each channel, allowing complete user freedom in selecting the sizes of the segments. Thus, instead of providing a bus for every clock source, multiple clocks can be made available to different channels by segmenting a single bus.
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