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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mozhgan Mansuri, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Aaron Martin, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
James A. McCall, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a comparator to be clocked by a clock signal to be provided by a clocking circuit, wherein the clocking circuit includes: a voltage controlled delay line having two or more delay cells; a multiplexer coupled to the voltage controlled delay line and operable to configure the clocking circuit as a ring oscillator with the voltage controlled delay line forming at least one delay section of the ring oscillator; and select logic coupled to the multiplexer, the select logic is to receive a signal indicating arrival of an input clock, and is to control the multiplexer according to the indication. Described is also an apparatus which comprises: a data path to receive input data; and a clock path to receive an input clock and to provide a preconditioned clock to the data path when the input clock is absent.