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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Po Chun Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Shao-Yu Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 3/24 (2006.01); H03L 7/07 (2006.01); H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/07 (2013.01); H03L 7/0992 (2013.01); H03L 7/0994 (2013.01); H03L 7/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first clock signal is generated from a reference clock signal. A first frequency associated with the first clock signal is less than a reference clock frequency associated with the reference clock signal. The first clock signal is propagated towards a first component of an integrated circuit through a clock tree. A second clock signal having a second frequency is generated from the first clock signal at a terminal point of the clock tree. The second clock signal is provided to the first component.