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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andreas H. A. Arp, Nufringen, DE;

Douglas J. Malone, Peasant Valley, NY (US);

Thomas Makowski, Pfullingen, DE;

Michael V. Koch, Ehningen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/05 (2006.01); H03L 7/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01); H03K 5/14 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/05 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); H03K 5/14 (2013.01); H03L 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for cycle accurate deskewing a second clock signal with respect to a first clock signal is provided. The first clock signal has been propagated from a first clock source through a first clock tree. The second clock signal has been propagated from the first clock source through a second clock tree. The second clock tree comprises a programmable delay line for inducing a delay. The method comprises determining a first clock tree latency of the first clock tree, determining a second clock tree latency of the second clock tree, setting a cycle time of the first clock source to a measuring cycle time depending on the first clock tree latency and/or the second clock tree latency, adjusting a skew between the second clock signal and the first clock signal, setting the cycle time of the first clock source to an operating cycle time.


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