Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tunable clock system
- Patent Title (中): 可调时钟系统
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Application No.: US14833972Application Date: 2015-08-24
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Publication No.: US09407248B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Laurence H. Cooke
- Applicant: Laurence H. Cooke
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00 ; H03K5/15 ; H03K5/13 ; H03K5/00

Abstract:
A memory-like structure composed of variable resistor elements for use in tuning respective branches and leaves of a clock distribution structure, which may be used to compensate for chip-by-chip and/or combinatorial logic path-by-path delay variations, which may be due, for example, to physical variations in deep submicron devices and interconnections, is presented. A single system clocked scan flip-fop with the capability to perform delay test measurements is also presented. Methods for measuring combinatorial logic path delays to determine the maximum clock frequency and delays to program the variable resistors, as well as methods for calibrating and measuring the programmed variable resistors, are also presented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150365082A1 TUNABLE CLOCK SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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