Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Architecture for controlling clock characteristics
- Patent Title (中): 用于控制时钟特性的架构
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Application No.: US12903158Application Date: 2010-10-12
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Publication No.: US08593183B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- 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: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00

Abstract:
An architecture for controlling the clock waveform characteristics, including but not limited to the clock amplitude and clock rise and/or fall times, of resonant clock distribution networks is proposed. This architecture relies on controlling the size of clock drivers and the duty cycles of reference clocks. It is targeted at resonant clock distribution networks and allows for the adjustment of resonant clock waveform characteristics with no need to route an additional power grid. Such an architecture is generally applicable to semiconductor devices with multiple clock frequencies, and high-performance and low-power clocking requirements such as microprocessors, ASICs, and SOCs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110084736A1 ARCHITECTURE FOR CONTROLLING CLOCK CHARACTERISTICS Public/Granted day:2011-04-14
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